[2] Originally a Democrat, switched to Republican 1956. Father: Robert Lee Anderson
Mother: Elizabeth Haskew Anderson ("Lizzie")
Sister: Ruth Smith
Sister: Velma Pickens
Wife: Ollie Mae Rawlins (m. 10-Apr-1935, d. 1987 Alzheimer's)
Son: Gerald Lee Anderson
Son: James Richard Anderson
University: BA, Weatherford College, Southwestern University (1927)
Law School: LLB, University of Texas Law School (1932)
US Secretary of the Treasury (1957-61)
Ventures, Ltd. (Canadian, 1955-57)
US Defense Department Deputy Secretary (1954-55)
US Secretary of the Navy (1953-54)
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association President (1947-51)
Texas State Official Chairman, Texas Unemployment Commission (1936)
Texas State Official Tax Commissioner (1934)
Texas State Official Assistant Attorney General (1933)
Texas State House of Representatives (1932)
Member of the Board of American Gas & Chemical Company (as Chairman)
Member of the Board of Goodyear
Member of the Board of Pan-Am
Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co. Partner (1961-73)
Phillips Petroleum Advisor
Texaco Advisor
Unification Church Consultant
American Bar Association
American Petroleum Institute
Boy Scouts of America National Executive Board
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Order of the Coif
Freemasonry
Shriners
State Bar of Texas 1932
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Tax Evasion operating an offshore bank (1983-84, pled guilty 1987)
House Arrest 1987
Disbarred New York bar (1987)
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1955
Risk Factors: Alcoholism