2012
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE MEMORIAL 12-001
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Hodge and Lundberg,  Bacon, Aguilar, Boyd,
       Brophy, Cadman, Carroll, Foster, Giron, Grantham, Guzman, Harvey,
       Heath, Hudak, Jahn, Johnston, King K., King S., Lambert, Mitchell,
       Morse, Neville, Newell, Nicholson, Roberts, Scheffel, Schwartz, Spence,
       Steadman, Tochtrop, Williams S., Shaffer B..
       
       
          MEMORIALIZING FORMER SENATOR FREDERIC EDWIN
       ANDERSON. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, Our respected former colleague, Frederic "Fred" Edwin
       Anderson, a past member and president of the Colorado Senate, departed
       this life on December 22, 2011, at the age of 83; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson was born to Swan Edwin Anderson
       and Helen Peterson Anderson in Loveland on February 20, 1928, and
       graduated from Loveland High School in 1946; and
       
          WHEREAS, After attending the University of Colorado, Senator
       Anderson enlisted in the United States Army during the Korean War; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson was stationed in Germany, where he
       served honorably in an artillery unit with the rank of Sergeant; and
       
          WHEREAS, After being discharged from the Army, Senator
       Anderson married Anne Howard on April 22, 1954, whom he had met in
       Rome during his military service; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson returned to Loveland and worked in
       agriculture, farming, and feeding cattle; and
       
          WHEREAS, In the 1960s, Senator Anderson became active in
       Colorado politics and served one term representing Senate District 11 in
       the Senate from 1967 to 1970, one term representing Senate District 26
       in the Senate from 1971 to 1974, and two terms representing Senate
       District 27 in the Senate from 1975 to 1982; and
       
          WHEREAS, During his sixteen years in the Senate, Senator Anderson
       was a devoted public servant for the citizens of Larimer County; and
       
          WHEREAS, As a member of the General Assembly, Senator
       Anderson served for twelve years as a member of the Joint Legislative
       Council Committee, including five years as chair and one year as vice
       chair; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson served for twelve years as a member
       of the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy Committee,
       including four years as chair; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson served for seven years as a member of
       the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, including three years as vice chair,
       served for six years as a member of the Senate Appropriations
       Committee, including two years as vice chair, and served for two years as
       vice chair of the Joint Legislative Information Committee; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson was also a member of Senate
       committees on Education; Institutions; Water; Senate Services; Game
       Fish and Parks; Transportation; Urban Affairs; Finance; the Judiciary;
       State Affairs; Business Affairs and Labor; as well as a number of joint
       and interim committees; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson was the first president of the Colorado
       Senate to be elected by his fellow senators, whom he presided over from
       1975 to 1982; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson took a leading role in modernizing
       Colorado's water laws, including a milestone restructuring and integration
       of ground and surface water rights in 1969, as well as numerous other
       efforts to protect water resources; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson served on the board of directors of the
       Federation of Rocky Mountain States, served as the fourth President of
       the National Conference of State Legislatures, and served by the
       appointment of President Jimmy Carter on the United States Advisory
       Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson was recognized in 1982 by President
       Ronald Reagan as national Republican Legislator of the Year; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson helped launch the House of
       Neighborly Service and Project Self-Sufficiency, was an active member
       of Trinity Lutheran Church in Loveland, where he sang in the choir, was
       an avid golfer, and traveled the world, including Antarctica, with his
       wife; and
       
          WHEREAS, Senator Anderson will be remembered as a good friend
       and a good citizen; and
       
          WHEREAS, It is fitting that we, the members of the Sixty-eighth
       General Assembly, pay tribute to the dedicated service of Senator Fred E.
       Anderson and express our deep regret and sorrow occasioned by his
       death; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado:
       
          That, in the death of Frederic E. Anderson, the people of the state of
       Colorado have lost a dedicated public servant and outstanding citizen, and
       that we, the members of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly, do hereby
       extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family and
       pay tribute to a man who served the state well and faithfully.
       
                    Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Memorial be sent to
       Senator Anderson's wife, Anne Anderson of Loveland; his brother Dean
       Anderson of Berthoud; his children, Todd Anderson of Golden, Mark
       Anderson of Prescott, Arizona, Eric Anderson of Anchorage, Alaska, and
       Mary Kathryn Dib of Walnut Creek, California; and his grandchildren.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Brandon C. Shaffer                    Cindi Markwell
       PRESIDENT OF                            SECRETARY OF
       THE SENATE                                THE SENATE