Anderson, C. Arnold (Charles Arnold), 1907-

J.A. 'Turp' Anderson represented Otter Tail County in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953.

From the description of Papers. 1945-1953. (Tri-College Library). WorldCat record id: 18832176

Charles Arnold Anderson was born on January 13, 1907 in Platte, South Dakota to Edward Thomas and Edith (Orvis). He received a B.A (1927), M.A. (1928) and a Ph.D (1932) from the University of Minnesota.

Anderson was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota in 1929. He was at Harvard University from 1930 to 1935, and again in 1943. From 1936 to 1943 Anderson was at Iowa State University, and moved to the University of Kentucky from 1945 to 1948. He worked on various U.S. Government assignments from 1944 to 1945. Anderson was a member of the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley from 1948 to 1949. From 1954 to 1955 Anderson was a visiting professor at the University of Lund (Sweden), and remained in Uppsala as a Fullbright scholar until 1956.

In 1958 Anderson came to the University of Chicago as a professor. He was the first director of the University's Comparative Education Center from 1958 to 1972.

Anderson was a consultant to UNESCO and to the Ford Foundation. He was a

visiting professor at the University of Stockholm in 1974 and the University of London in 1975.

Anderson has over 200 publications in journals of sociology, education, political science, and economics. He was the joint editor of Education, Economy, and Sociology in 1961 and Education and Economic Growth in 1965. Anderson served on the editorial board of the Comparative Education Review was the chief editor of the American Journal of Sociology from 1967 to 1973.

Anderson was the co-founder of the International Study of Educational Achievement (IEA) and was president of the Comparative and International Education Society from 1962 to 1963. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Stockholm and was elected to the Swedish Royal Society. In 1986 he was inducted as one of the first Honorary Fellows of the Comparative and International Education Society.

Anderson married Dr. Mary Jean Bowman on July 18, 1942. They had one son, Lloyd Barr.

C. Arnold Anderson died on June 26, 1990 in Chicago.

From the guide to the Anderson, C. Arnold. Papers, 1937-1990, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)