{{Primary sources|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Roland B. Anderson | honorific_suffix = OBE | image= 101211NS-TS-ROLANDANDERSON02 t607.jpg | caption= Official portrait, {{circa|1978}} | order= | office = 7th Mayor of Naples, Florida | term_start=1978 | term_end=1982 | predecessor= ? | successor= ? | birth_date=October 23, 1913 | birth_place= | death_date={{Death date and age|2010|12|9|1913|10|23}} | death_place= | alma_mater= United States Military Academy at West Point | profession= Military officer | spouse ={{marriage|Gene Cox Anderson|1944|1999|reason=died}} | party= | branch=20px United States Army | service_years=1938–1971 | rank=25px Major general | commands= Co B, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne)<br/>13th Corps Support Command (COSCOM) | unit= | battles=World War II | awards= }} '''Roland "Andy" Bennett Anderson''' OBE (October 23, 1913 – December 9, 2010) was an American retired major general, who served as the 7th mayor of Naples, Florida, from 1978 until 1982.<ref name=ndn>{{cite news|title=Former Naples Mayor Major General Roland 'Andy' Anderson dies at 97|url=http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/dec/11/former-naples-mayor-major-general-roland-andy-ande/|work=Naples Daily News|date=2010-12-11|access-date=2010-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320065643/http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/dec/11/former-naples-mayor-major-general-roland-andy-ande/|archive-date=2012-03-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Biography== ===Military career=== Anderson was born on October 23, 1913. He initially attended the University of Oklahoma.<ref name=ndn/> However, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1938.<ref name=ndn/>
He served during World War II as an ordnance staff officer for the U.S. anti-aircraft command in the Pacific theater.<ref name=ndn/> Anderson later joined the Pentagon's Chief of Ordnance office following the end of World War II.<ref name=ndn/> This included a position in Peru.
Anderson was promoted to Assistant Chief of Staff G-4 for the U.S. Army Logistics Command based in Europe. He oversaw the acquisition and maintenance of all weapons used by the United States Army in Europe at the time.<ref name=ndn/> He was further promoted to Director of Army Procuremen upon his return to the United States, a position he held until his retirement from the U.S. Army as a Major General.<ref name=ndn/>
He was the recipient of several honors during his career, including the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit and the Order of British Empire.<ref name=ndn/>
===Political career=== Anderson moved to Naples, Florida, in 1971 upon his retirement from the U.S. Army.<ref name=ndn/> He entered local politics and was elected to both the District School Board of Collier County and Naples City Council.<ref name=ndn/> He served as the 7th Mayor of Naples from 1978 until 1982.<ref name=ndn/>
Andy Anderson died on December 9, 2010, at the age of 97.<ref name=ndn/> He was survived by his girlfriend, Lee Craft; three children - Audrey Joan Anderson, Roland Bruce Anderson and Gene Cristina Anderson; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.<ref name=ndn/> His wife, Gene Cox Anderson, died in 1999.<ref name=ndn/> The couple had been married for fifty-five years.<ref name=ndn/>
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==External links== *[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172426301 Find a Grave]
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