Lancaster County NeArchives Biographies.....Anderson, Roland Max 1879 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 March 18, 2015, 5:19 pm Source: Nebraskana Author: See below Roland Max Anderson Roland M. Anderson was born at Beloit, Mitchell County, Kansas, June 8, 1879, the son of George Wycliffe and Mary (Townsend) Anderson. His father, who was a sergeant in the Union Army in the Civil War, was the owner and publisher of the Beloit Gazette at Beloit, Kansas, and was a member of the legislature in Kansas. His ancestry was Scotch and English; his father invented and built marine steam engines. He was born in Ohio in 1842 and died at Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas, January 14, 1910. His mother, who was born in Ohio in 1844, was a teacher at Boscabel, Wisconsin, and was a graduate and postgraduate of the New York Chautauqua Academy. Her ancestry was Pennsylvania German. She died at Beloit, September 22, 1924. Mr. Anderson was graduated from the Beloit High School in 1897. He was awarded his LL. B. at the University of Kansas in 1900, where he was a member of the Green Chapter of Phi Delta Phi, and Sigma Nu. He was admitted to the bar in 1900; was a member of the firm Kagey & Anderson, 1903-17; a member of the firm Foster & Anderson, 1927-29; and since 1929 has been a member of the law firm Sanden, Anderson, Laughlin, & Gradwohl. He is a director and general counsel for the Cornbelt Life Insurance Company of Lincoln. A Republican, Mr. Anderson served as mayor of Beloit; was judge pro tem of the district court of the 12th Judicial Court; was director of the Speakers Bureau of the Nebraska Republican Committee, 1928-30. He was united in marriage with Mary Bangs Findley at Beloit, May 24, 1903. Mrs. Anderson, who was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames, was born at Beloit, September 11, 1882, and died there February 22, 1917. Three children were born to them: Park Findley, August 10, 1905, who married Elma Kokko; Roland Max, born June 6, 1911; and Rosemary, born August 23, 1914. Park was a member of Delta Tau Delta at the University of Kansas and the University of Nebraska; he was a member of Phi Delta Phi at George Washington University. Roland was made a member of Sigma Nil at the University of Nebraska. Mr. Anderson was married to Ruth E. Olson at Lincoln, Nebraska, December 5, 1918; she was graduated from Bethany Linsborg, 1912, studied music for two years at Berlin, and was in lyceum circuit work for two years. She is a member of the Matinee Musicale of Lincoln and Sigma Alpha Iota. She was born at Lincoln, August 10, 1892. He was a major in the Fourth Kansas Battalion, 1917-18; was made a major at the request of Governor Arthur Capper of Kansas. He was a speaker for the 10th Federal Reserves during the World War. He is a member of the American Bar Association; the Kansas State Bar Association; and the Nebraska State Bar Association. He served as chairman of the Mitchell County Red Cross, 1917, in Kansas. He was a charter member of the Beloit Rotary Club; is a life member of the Kansas Historical Society; and holds membership in The Nebraskana Society. He is a member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Elks and Odd Fellows, all degrees, and Modern Woodman of America. He is vice president of the Lancaster County Bar Association. He is a member of the University Club; the Lincoln Country Club; and a life member of the Country Club of Beloit, Kansas. He is president of the Fifty Fifty Club at Lincoln. He is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church of Beloit. He is fond of golfing, swimming, and big game hunting. His hobbies are reading and Americana. Residence: Lincoln. Additional Comments: Extracted from Nebraskana Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin The Baldwin Company Hebron, NE 1932 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/lancaster/bios/anderson108gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb