Born to Lillian and Clarence Anderson. Dick and his wife Lorraine Muir Anderson met as college students on a blind date, while Lorrie was attending Northwestern University. Married on November 26, 1955, they shared 62 years together. Over the years they called Champaign, IL, Schenectady NY, Chagrin Falls, OH, and eventually Missoula, MT home.
Dick graduated from Proviso High School, near Chicago, in 1949. An ROTC scholarship enabled him to become the first person in his family to attend college, and he received an engineering degree from the University of Illinois in 1955. Dick served in the United States Navy as a navigator in Airborne Early Warning Squadron 11, flying missions from Newfoundland to the Azores. In 1958, Dick was one of a handful of graduates in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in the then-uncommon field of ceramic engineering, from the University of Illinois. He worked as a scientist at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, NY. While sintering (baking) mixtures of rare earth minerals in a high-temperature kiln, Dick discovered the world's first transparent ceramic. General Electric patented the material under the name Yttralox in 1966.
Dick relocated the family to Chagrin Falls, OH and worked at General Electric's Nela Park facility in Cleveland. Dick managed the Miniature Lamp Division, and for many years commuted 40 minutes each way in a green Ford Mustang with a leaky convertible cloth top and marginally functional heater. His parsimony and hard work enabled Dick to retire from GE in his mid-50s and begin an investment consulting service. He enjoyed the stock market and investing - an activity he continued until his final days.
Dick graduated from Proviso High School, near Chicago, in 1949. An ROTC scholarship enabled him to become the first person in his family to attend college, and he received an engineering degree from the University of Illinois in 1955. Dick served in the United States Navy as a navigator in Airborne Early Warning Squadron 11, flying missions from Newfoundland to the Azores. In 1958, Dick was one of a handful of graduates in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in the then-uncommon field of ceramic engineering, from the University of Illinois. He worked as a scientist at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, NY. While sintering (baking) mixtures of rare earth minerals in a high-temperature kiln, Dick discovered the world's first transparent ceramic. General Electric patented the material under the name Yttralox in 1966.
Dick relocated the family to Chagrin Falls, OH and worked at General Electric's Nela Park facility in Cleveland. Dick managed the Miniature Lamp Division, and for many years commuted 40 minutes each way in a green Ford Mustang with a leaky convertible cloth top and marginally functional heater. His parsimony and hard work enabled Dick to retire from GE in his mid-50s and begin an investment consulting service. He enjoyed the stock market and investing - an activity he continued until his final days.
Born to Lillian and Clarence Anderson. Dick and his wife Lorraine Muir Anderson met as college students on a blind date, while Lorrie was attending Northwestern University. Married on November 26, 1955, they shared 62 years together. Over the years they called Champaign, IL, Schenectady NY, Chagrin Falls, OH, and eventually Missoula, MT home.
Dick graduated from Proviso High School, near Chicago, in 1949. An ROTC scholarship enabled him to become the first person in his family to attend college, and he received an engineering degree from the University of Illinois in 1955. Dick served in the United States Navy as a navigator in Airborne Early Warning Squadron 11, flying missions from Newfoundland to the Azores. In 1958, Dick was one of a handful of graduates in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in the then-uncommon field of ceramic engineering, from the University of Illinois. He worked as a scientist at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, NY. While sintering (baking) mixtures of rare earth minerals in a high-temperature kiln, Dick discovered the world's first transparent ceramic. General Electric patented the material under the name Yttralox in 1966.
Dick relocated the family to Chagrin Falls, OH and worked at General Electric's Nela Park facility in Cleveland. Dick managed the Miniature Lamp Division, and for many years commuted 40 minutes each way in a green Ford Mustang with a leaky convertible cloth top and marginally functional heater. His parsimony and hard work enabled Dick to retire from GE in his mid-50s and begin an investment consulting service. He enjoyed the stock market and investing - an activity he continued until his final days.
Dick graduated from Proviso High School, near Chicago, in 1949. An ROTC scholarship enabled him to become the first person in his family to attend college, and he received an engineering degree from the University of Illinois in 1955. Dick served in the United States Navy as a navigator in Airborne Early Warning Squadron 11, flying missions from Newfoundland to the Azores. In 1958, Dick was one of a handful of graduates in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in the then-uncommon field of ceramic engineering, from the University of Illinois. He worked as a scientist at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, NY. While sintering (baking) mixtures of rare earth minerals in a high-temperature kiln, Dick discovered the world's first transparent ceramic. General Electric patented the material under the name Yttralox in 1966.
Dick relocated the family to Chagrin Falls, OH and worked at General Electric's Nela Park facility in Cleveland. Dick managed the Miniature Lamp Division, and for many years commuted 40 minutes each way in a green Ford Mustang with a leaky convertible cloth top and marginally functional heater. His parsimony and hard work enabled Dick to retire from GE in his mid-50s and begin an investment consulting service. He enjoyed the stock market and investing - an activity he continued until his final days.
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