Anton Anderson
Anton Anderson | |
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| Born | Anton Albert Andrew Anderson 1892 Moonlight, Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel |
| Spouse |
Alma Menge (m. 1927) |
| Children | 3 |
Mayor of Anchorage | |
| In office 1956–1958 | |
| Preceded by | Ken Hinchey |
| Succeeded by | Hewitt Lounsbury |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  US Army Corps of Engineers |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Anton Albert Andrew Anderson (1892–1960) was chief engineer of the
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Biography
Anderson was born in Upper Moonlight, New Zealand to a Swedish father and an Irish mother.[2] In 1914, he moved to the United States to work as a surveyor in Hoquiam, Washington. He passed an engineering examination at Seattle University before moving to the recently founded city of Anchorage, Alaska to work for the Alaskan Engineering Commission. In 1927, he married Alma Menge, with whom he had three daughters: Jean, Patricia and Shelby.
In the 1930s, Anderson worked on the Matanuska Colonization Project, building infrastructure to support the settlement of the
Anderson served on the Anchorage City Council before being appointed in 1956 to complete the term of Mayor Ken Hinchey. Anderson was elected the following year, but ill health forced him to resign early.
Anderson died in 1960. In 1976, the tunnel from
References
- ^ "Obituary: Jean Graves". Anchorage Daily News. October 29, 2003. p. B9.
- ^ "Anton Anderson". Cook Inlet Historical Society. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007.
- ^ Nyman, Frank (February 1, 2004), "A history lesson: engineering in Alaska has come a long way", Alaska Business Monthly
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