Harry William Anderson Jr.

• Parents Harry and Doreen (Baker) Anderson (both deceased)

• Siblings Robert (deceased), Andy (deceased), and Steve

• Schooling: Greenwood Grade School, James Monroe Jr. High school, Ballard High school (graduated 1950)

• Summer 1950 worked in a Salmon cannery in Alaska to save money for his college education

• Started at the University of Washington, School of Forestry fall of 1950

• During the summers 1952 and 1953, worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Chelan WA as a Forest Fire Lookout at Jr. Point overlooking Lake Chelan and as a Recreation Guard at Stehekin, WA.

• Graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. degree in Forestry, 1954

• Went on to do graduate work at the University of Washington, receiving a M.S. in Forestry with a minor in Forest Soils in 1962

• Began work with the Washington State Division of Forestry, Olympia WA at the Webster Forest Nursery in 1956 as an Asst. Nursery Research Forester

• Drafted by the U.S. Army in late 1956 and served in the Panama Canal Zone as a Communications Specialist and released from service as an SP4 in 1958

• Returned to Olympia in 1958 to work with the Department of Natural Resources at the Webster Nursery to continue the research work started in 1956

• Promoted in 1969 to a Natural Resources Scientist in the Forest Management Division, responsible for forest soils research, forest fertilization, and soil survey

• Moved into a management position in 1974 as Asst. Division Manager for all of the Department’s Forestry related research on state trust lands

• Transferred in 1979 to Operations Manager, Technical Services Division responsible for the Departments Sustainable Harvest publication, and Environmental Impact Statements and a staff of economists.

• Returned in 1982 to the Forest Management Division as Manager with Statewide responsibilities for all forest management activities, including the Forest Nursery, reforestation, forest fertilization, pre-commercial thinning, forest inventory, and tree improvement

• Retired in 1990 with 34 years (including 2 military service years) from the DNR

• Starting late 1990 became a part time volunteer with the U.S. Forest Service PNW Olympia Lab, working off and on for the next 25 years. The work consisted of statistical analysis of research data, and graphics supporting forest soil and silvicultural research. Review and edited manuscripts and was the co-author of numerous publications

• Harry and Carol Diane VanDeventer married on Dec 5th, 1959. They were blessed with sons Keith (1960) and Kenneth (1963) and daughter Karen (1961)

• They moved to Lacey WA in 1962 where they spent over 54 years in the family home

• Shortly after Harry retired, he and Carol went to Australia to visit with daughter Karen, son-in-law Adam, and granddaughter Nicole for 2 months. They were able to tour much of Southeastern Australia, as well as New Zealand and a short visit to Hawaii before heading home

• During his retirement years, Harry and Carol enjoyed cruising, and took trips to Alaska, as well as Hawaii, the Caribbean and Mexico. The scenery, the nightly shows, and dressing up for elegant dinners was always special. They enjoyed camping trips to the ocean with family, and particularly going to the kite festival in Long Beach, WA each year. They joined a local tour group and made numerous trips throughout the Northwest by bus (Harry didn’t have to drive). They enjoyed working in the yard, and took pride in the Dahlia’s they grew each year.

• Harry is survived by his two sons Keith and Kenneth Anderson, his daughter Karen Peterson, daughter-in-law’s Janice Anderson and Sandi Anderson, son-in-law Adam Peterson, four grandchildren, Desiree Schott, Nicole Blystone, Brittany Stapley, and Taylor Anderson, as well as three great grandchildren Blaine and Carter Schott, Luella Blystone and Lydia Stapley. Other survivors include his brother Steve Anderson, sister-in-law’s Donna Larson and Jane VanDeventer, Joyce VanDeventer and brothers-in-law Roy VanDeventer, Neal VanDeventer, and Robert Larson, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. His wife Carol died July, 2014 of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Harry lived a full life and enjoyed the many years he spent with family and friends. His career in Forestry, with the time he worked for the Department of Natural Resources and after retirement for the U.S. Forest Service, spanned almost 60 years.