John E. Anderson

Anderson was born on September 12, 1917, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Anderson was the valedictorian of his high school class. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles from 1936 to 1940, playing on the ice hockey team, and graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in business administration. While at UCLA, he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He then attended Harvard Business School on a scholarship, graduating with an M.B.A. after World War II had broken out. Anderson entered the military on the staff of an admiral, and passed his CPA exam while in the Navy. He graduated first in his class at Loyola, and was offered a full-time teaching position. For the next 25 years, Anderson taught at the law school in mornings and evenings while he worked at his law firm. ==Career==

Anderson was the founding partner of Kindel & Anderson law firm in 1953. His portfolio included of commercial property and 4,500 residential units. Anderson also taught several business courses at UCLA. Anderson received the Southern California Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1987 and the Master Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002. He was honored as the Business Person of the year by the U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2002. ==Philanthropy==

Among his charitable endeavors, Anderson and his wife Marion donated more than $50 million for the construction of a new building for Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where Marion Anderson was a board member. Beginning in 1987, the Andersons donated $42 million to the University of California, Los Angeles. Anderson received the Distinguished Service Award, Loyola Law School in 1985. He received the Outstanding Individual Philanthropist on National Philanthropy Day award in 1989 He also received the UCLA Alumnus of the Year award and the UCLA Medal in 1995. In 2002, he received the John E. Anderson Distinguished Alumnus Award from the UCLA John E. Anderson School of Management He received the Humanitarian Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice in 2004. ==Personal life==

In 1942, Anderson married his UCLA sweetheart, Margaret Stewart, and they had five children. ==Death and legacy==

Anderson died on July 29, 2011. He had 15 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She died on May 14, 2017. ==References==