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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeANDERSON, William Robert
(1921—)
ANDERSON, William Robert, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Bakerville, Humphreys County, Tenn., June 17, 1921; attended the public schools in Waynesboro, Tenn.; graduated from Columbia Military Academy, Columbia, Tenn., 1939; graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1942; United States Navy, 1957-1962; participated in eleven submarine combat patrols in the Pacific; awarded the Bronze Star and other combat awards; commanding officer of the Nautilus, the first atomic submarine, 1957-1959; made the first transpolar voyage under ice; served as assistant to Vice Adm. H. J. Rickover; consultant to President Kennedy for the National Service Corps, 1963; author; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; business executive, Public Office Corporation, Washington, D.C.; is a resident of Alexandria, Va.
Anderson, William R. First Under the North Pole
. Cleveland: World Pub. Co., 1959.
———. The Useful Atom
. Cleveland: World Pub. Co., 1966.
———, with James Baar. Atomic Submarines
. 1961. Reprint, Chicago: Childrens Press, 1968.
———, with Clay Blair, Jr. Nautilus 90 North
. Cleveland: World Pub. Co., 1959. Reprint, Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: Tab Books, 1989.
Cole, Tim. “The Captain Comes Home. (William Robert Anderson, Captain of 1st Nuclear Power Submarine).” Popular Mechanics
(September 1988), 51(5).
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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