Obit for ANDERSON, Rolland (Bud) E. Jr. (d.2005), Murray Co., MN

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Born Iona, MN (Murray County)  Buried:  Green Valley, MN (Lyon County)

 

Rolland (Bud) E. Anderson Jr. was born in Iona, Minnesota, studied at St. 

John's University in Collegeville, and graduated from South Dakota State 

University, Brookings, S.D., earning an M.S. degree in agricultural 

economics in 1962. He also served as a medic in the U.S. Army from 1955 

to 1957, having been stationed in Dachau, Germany. Bud joined the Foreign 

Agricultural Service in 1962 just prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis and 

was a major contributor to the U.S. position paper submitted to the GATT 

negotiations in 1964 outlining the U.S. claim for compensation for the 

loss of the U.S. poultry market in Europe - better known as the "Chicken 

War." After that successful outcome, Bud was sent to Bonn, West Germany, 

as assistant agricultural attache in 1967. From there he was named U.S. 

agriculture attache to Wellington, New Zealand, where he served with 

distinction from 1970 to 1973. In 1973, Bud and his family returned to 

the U.S. where he was named chief of the Commodity Analysis Branch of the 

Grain and Feed Division and, after a 1974 reorganization of FAS, Bud was 

appointed director of the Dairy and Poultry Analysis Division. In 1977, 

he was appointed agricultural counselor to Bonn, West Germany, and in 

1979, after another major reorganization created by President Carter's 

1978 Civil Service Reform, he returned to Washington where he was 

appointed director of the "new" Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Division - a 

newly created senior executive service position at FAS. In the spring of 

1981, Bud was appointed assistant administrator for International Trade 

Policy at USDA where he dealt with major issues such as the trade 

distorting effects of huge E.U. agricultural export subsidies and access 

to the Japan market for U.S. agricultural products. In 1983 he was 

assigned as minister-counselor for Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. 

Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands. In 1986 he was assigned to the same 

position at the U.S. Embassy, London, England, and was also accredited to 

the U.S. Embassy in Dublin, Ireland. In the spring of 1989, he received a 

career appointment as FAS Administrator. He left the FAS administrator's 

job in 1991, and spent a year completing the Senior Seminar, an executive 

program attended by high-level career government officials. He then 

returned to Bonn, West Germany, for two years to finish out his 35 years 

of government service. Honors awarded to Bud during his service in the 

Foreign Agriculture Service include: The USDA Superior Service Award, May 

1977; the USDA Distinguished Service Award, May 1978; the Department of 

State Foreign Service Presidential Rank Award (Meritorious) 1986; the 

Department of State Foreign Service Presidential Rank Award 

(Distinguished) 1988; Promotion to Career Minister Foreign Service, March 

1990; and, South Dakota State University Distinguished Alumnus Award for 

Outstanding Professional Achievement, October 1991. Since his retirement 

in 1995, Bud has lived in Annandale where he has been active in raising 

money for Tuberous Sclerosis, a rare genetic disorder that claimed the 

life of his beloved daughter Maria Anderson in 1997. Rolland E. "Bud" 

Anderson Jr.,died of melanoma December 29, 2005, at his home in Annandale 

at the age of 70. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Lorraine Lens 

Anderson, Annandale; five children: Ron Anderson, Arlington; Lisa 

Anderson, Ottawa, Canada; Suzanne Stanton, Omaha, Nebraska; Curt 

Anderson, Arlington and Gabrielle Anderson, Arlington; one sister 

Charlotte Pazik, Mankato, Minnesota and two grandchildren: Rhys Michael 

Stanton and Eva Marie. Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:30 a.m. 

Friday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Marshall. Burial followed the 

service at St. Clotilde Catholic Cemetery in Green Valley. 

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