William R. Anderson
Names: William Robert Anderson
Born: June 17, 1921
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Hometown: Bakerville, TN
Residence: Florida
Education: BS US Naval Academy, 1942
Career: Naval Officer US Navy Submarine Service, 1942-1962 (retired
at rank of captain); Consultant to the President on "Domestic Peace
Corps", 1963-; Congressman US Congress, 1965-
Awards: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Presidential Unit Citation,
1958; Christopher Columbus International Communications Award, 1958;
Patron's Medal, Royal Geographical Society, 1959; Boys' Club of America
Award for First Under the North Pole, 1960; honorary Doctor of
Science
Genres: Other Nonfiction
Internet Sites:
Biography:
William Robert Anderson, US Navy Captian of the USS Nautilus
and Congressman, graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1942. Anderson
recieved the Bronze Star and other combat awards for Pacific Island
submarine patrols during World War II. The USS Nautilus, the
first atomic-powered submarine, gained fame when it crossed the geographic
North Pole travelling through the ice-blocked Arctic, in August 1958.
Retiring from the military in 1962, Anderson ran for governor of Tennessee.He
was elected representative of Tennessee's Sixth District in 1964, beginning
his congressional career. Anderson served four consecutive terms in
Congress, where he opposed the US involvement in Vietnam, and criticized
J. Edgar Hoover. He retired from Congress in 1972, after losing the
election.
-- Tiffani R. Conner
Primary Bibliography:
- Nautilus 90 North. Cleveland: World Publishing, 1959 (with
Clay Blair, Jr.)
- First Under the North Pole: The Voyage of the Nautilus.
Cleveland: World Publishing, 1959
- The Useful Atom. Cleveland: World Publishing, 1966 (with
Vernon Pizer)
- Atomic Submarines. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1961, 1968 (with
James Baar and William E. Howard)
- The Arctic as a sea route of the future. Washington, D.C.:
National Geographic Society, 1959
- The Atomic Submarine and Polaris. NY: Columbia Record Co.,
1961 (with James Baar and William E. Howard)
Secondary Bibliography:
- Contemporary Authors Online. Gale, 2002
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