FREDERICK R. ANDERSON

Time does not soften the loss of Fred to friends, clients, and Earth. No one, no one I say, did more than Fred as an example, role model and incubator. Cleaver and fearless with a long view of doing good and having fun.

Fred Anderson attracted, mentored, inspired and empowered some of the most effective people who fight for global environmental protection and environmental justice. He demonstrated through his own actions the power of thinking, writing, and engaging in social change. He saw the forest and the trees and he had a keen eye for natural ecosystems and landscapes. Most importantly, Fred persuaded just about everyone he met (including me) to keep the ELI network alive where ever we went and what...

Working on an environmental book based on my career experiences has led me to reflect on how influential Fred was. His role has not been fully appreciated. And also what a special human being.

Dear Barbara,

My sincere condolences for your loss. My prayers are with you and your family in this difficult time. May your husband rest in peace.

Lynette

Condolences to Barbara on the passing away of Fred. May she take comfort in the fact that Fred will always be with her in her thoughts of times spent together. May his soul rest in peace.

Dearest Barbara, you (and Molly) have my deepest sympathy. You were his treasures, as he was and always will be, yours.

It is with great sadness that I learned today through my University of Utah College of Law magazine of the death of a beloved law professor, and later friend. Fred Anderson was pivotal in my law school experience, and was truly the one person who not only got me through it, but transformed a challenging transition from health care to law. He truly taught me to love the law and understand what I could do with it to make the world a better place. His mentoring helped me to develop an...

Fred mentored so many of us in environmentalw (me, starting in 1971). His questing intelligence and warm generosity were high standards for all of us as he blazed a truly unique path. He will be missed, for so many reasons.

The special group of colleagues who moved on to become lifelong friends assembled by Fred in the dawn of the modern environmental movement represent only one of the legacies of this remarkable man. Those were truly magic years when all seemed possible, when bands of youthful idealists took on the fortresses of the establishment and (amazingly) demonstrated that intellect and energy could move mountains - or, more accurately, prevent their destruction. Fred was in the center of things and the...