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Lloyd Anderson

Lloyd Alva Anderson (August 4, 1902 – September 13, 2000) was an American business executive who co-founded the retail and outdoor recreation services corporation Recreational Equipment, Inc (REI) in 1938 with his wife Mary Anderson. As avid mountaineers they saw a need for quality gear so created a consumer cooperative company that is one of the largest recreational equipment retailers.[1][2] They were inducted into the Cooperative Business Association's Hall of Fame in 1993.[3]

First ascents

Anderson's first ascents include Mount Triumph (1938), Sinister Peak (1939), Forbidden Peak (1940), Tenpeak Mountain (1940), Klawatti Peak (1940), and Dorado Needle (1940).[4]

Family life

Anderson was born to John Anderson and Adda Wilson Bush Anderson in Roy, Washington. He studied at the University of Washington, earning a bachelor of science in electrical engineering and worked for Seattle's transit utility. He died in 2000.[5][6]

Publications

  • Lloyd Anderson's Climbing Notebook (1980) Copyright Registration Number/Date: TXu000053476 / 1980-10-03
  • The History of Recreational Equipment, Inc.--a Cooperative (1980) Copyright Registration Number/Date: TXu000043397 / 1980-05-05

External links

References

  1. Drosendahl, Glenn. "The Mountaineers" (https://historylink.org/ : accessed March 2, 2020) History Link Essay 20547 Posted April 20, 2018^
  2. Morse, Gardiner (May 2003). "Gearing Up at REI". (https://www.hbr.org : accessed March 1, 2020) Harvard Business Review. Retrieved November 7, 2015.^
  3. "Lloyd and Mary Anderson". Cooperative Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 25, 2012.^
  4. Beckey, Fred W. Cascade Alpine Guide, Climbing and High Routes. Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 2008.^
  5. Obituary, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Via https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4V-B467.^
  6. Beers, Carole. "Lloyd Anderson, REI founder, dies" (https://archive.seattletimes.com/ : accessed March 2, 2020) The Seattle Times Seattle, Washington September 23, 2000^