Anderson, Richard "Dick" oral history interview, 2004

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Identifier: MOH 427

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Anderson, Richard "Dick" oral history interview

Scope and Contents

Interview includes discussions of: family and educational background; growing up in Brockton, Massachusetts; State Biologists Association; Maine Fish and Wildlife Department; Edmund Muskie’s early environmental influence; environmental issues in Maine in the 1970s; party for Muskie in 1976; relationship with the National Audubon Society; impressions of George Mitchell; views on the Dickey-Lincoln project; sugar beet experiment and Freddy Vahlsing; end of the State Biologists Association; and working for Barton, Gingold and Anderson.

Dates

2004

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Biographical / Historical

Richard Brewster “Dick” Anderson was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on December 12, 1934. He moved to Maine in 1953 to attend the University of Maine at Orono. Anderson studied wildlife conservation in college and spent time during the summer working for the Fish and Wildlife Department in Sanford, Maine. Anderson helped found the State Biologists Association, an environmental organization based in Maine.