Richard “Dick” Joseph Anderson died at his home in Bowie, MD, at the end of June 2021. Dick was born in St. Paul, MN, on May 19, 1943, to Kathryn Rose (Hundt) and Richard Henning Anderson. The family moved to Two Harbors, MN, while he was young, and Dick completed his primary and secondary education there, graduating from Two Harbors High School in 1961. He went on to earn a B.S. in History and Political Science from the University of MN Duluth (UMD) while also completing officer training with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1961-1967. He decided to further his education at UMD, earning a M.A. in American History in 1972.