[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 162 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E990-E991]
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                IN MEMORY OF EVERETT MAYOR BOB ANDERSON

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                            HON. RICK LARSEN

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 20, 2021

  Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the life and 
distinguished career of Everett Mayor Robert ``Bob'' Carl Anderson, the 
city's first mayor under its modern charter, who passed away on July 8, 
2021.
  Mayor Anderson was instrumental in establishing the Boeing 747 
``Jumbo Jet'' plant at Everett's Paine Field in the late-1960s, which 
has had a lasting impact on the local economy for 50 years.
  Bob Anderson was born on July 11, 1929, in Portland, Oregon to Carl 
John Anderson and Helen Anderson. He spent most of his childhood in 
Seattle before later moving to Everett.
  He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle and the University 
of Washington,

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where he met his wife, Dona. Bob and Dona were married in 1950 and 
raised four children in Everett.
  Bob served in the Navy for six years during the Korean War.
  He was elected Mayor of Everett in 1968 and served until he became an 
executive of the Olympic Bank in 1977.
  In 1978, he became the director of the Washington State Department of 
Commerce and Economic Development.
  He founded the Washington State China Relations Council where he 
served as president, director and senior advisor.
  I would like to honor the life of Mayor Bob Anderson, his service to 
our country and his important contributions to the development of 
Everett and the State of Washington.

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