Robert Anderson:
CLASS OF 1962
Cardinal Dougherty High SchoolClass of 1962
Philadelphia, PA
Robert's Story
Nickname is "Andy" as it has been since early childhood. Was called "Harry" at school because of the Phillies player "Harry Anderson". It stuck all through school!
Left for Navy boot camp in San Diego 3 weeks after graduation. Served at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base from 1962 until 1964. Ordered to COMCRUDESLANT staff in Newport RI and was discharged from the Navy in 1966. Met Tracy Donnelly in Newport in August of 1967, became engaged in November '67 and
married in April of 1968. Worked for Hartford Insurance in marine underwriting from 1970 until 2004 in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland, Baltimore again and Orlando.
Retired in April of 2004 after 34 years. We have one daughter, Stephanie, who lives in Baltimore with husband Jeff, and our 2 grandsons, Jeremy and Justin.
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ohns Hopkins University Hospital. Younger brother Jim graduated from CD in '66 and lives near Charleston, SC. He earned a Bronze Star in Vietnam and is an Emmy Award winner multiple times for his sound work for NBC at several Olympic games. Sister Madeline graduated from CD in '71
and currently resides in Fernandina Beach, FL with her husband Tony.
I play golf and Tracy doesn't which has kept us together for 52 years.
Still listen to Doo Wop music almost every day and have an extensive I-tunes
library - mostly doo wop, r&b, and blues. My collection includes "By The River" by Wilt Chamberlain and "Echoes of November" by Dick Allen of the Phillies. Still love to jitterbug on occasion but old age has slowed us down a little bit. Best wishes to all my former classmates - thanks for the memories!
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