Lloyd Alva Anderson (August 4, 1902 – September 13, 2000) was an American business executive who co-founded the retail and outdoor recreation services corporation
REI
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Arts and entertainment
*Rei, a story arc of the anime ''Higurashi When They Cry''
*Rei, a shapeshifting godlike dragon in the Australian webcomic series ''Vainglorious''
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in 1938 with his wife
Mary Anderson. As avid mountaineers they saw a need for quality gear so created a consumer cooperative company that is one of the largest
recreational equipment retailers. They were inducted into the Cooperative Business Association's Hall of Fame in 1993.
Family life
Anderson was born to John Anderson and Adda Wilson Bush Anderson in
Roy, Washington
Roy is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 816 at the 2020 census.
History
Roy was officially incorporated on January 16, 1908. It is a rural city outside Tacoma and primarily features ranch-style homes and ...
. He studied at
University of Washington
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, earning a BS in electrical engineering and worked for Seattle's transit utility.
He died in 2000.
[Obituary, ]Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Lloyd Anderson, REI founder, dies
(https://archive.seattletimes.com/ : accessed March 2, 2020) The Seattle Times Seattle, Washington September 23, 2000
Publications
*Lloyd Anderson's Climbing Notebook (1980)
Copyright Registration Number/Date: TXu000053476 / 1980-10-03
*The History of Recreational Equipment, Inc.--a Cooperative (1980) Copyright Registration Number/Date: TXu000043397 / 1980-05-05
First ascents
Anderson's
first ascents
In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route
A climbing route is a path by which a climber rea ...
include
Mount Triumph
Mount Triumph is a summit in the North Cascades range of Washington state. Located approximately west-northwest of the town of Newhalem, it was named by Lage Wernstedt, a surveyor with the U.S. Forest Service. A significant peak in North Ca ...
(1938),
Sinister Peak
Sinister Peak () is in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests in the U.S. state of Washington. It is situated in Glacier Peak Wilderness and the North Cascades. Not quite east of Dome Peak, Sinister Peak is along a high ridge con ...
(1939),
Forbidden Peak
Forbidden Peak is an glacial horn located in North Cascades National Park, in Skagit County of Washington state. It is part of the North Cascades and is located near Cascade Pass. Forbidden Peak features a rock climbing route named '' West Rid ...
(1940),
Tenpeak Mountain (1940),
Klawatti Peak
Klawatti Peak () is located in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Klawatti Peak is a nunatak, a peak surrounded by glaciers. These are Klawatti Glacier to the east, McAllister Glacier to the northwest and Inspiratio ...
(1940), and
Dorado Needle (1940).
[Beckey, Fred W. Cascade Alpine Guide, Climbing and High Routes. Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 2008.]
References
External links
Lloyd Anderson papers, (1929-1979at University of Washington Libraries
The Mountaineer, 1938The Mountaineer, 1940The Mountaineer, 1941The Mountaineer, 1947REI.com
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1902 births
2000 deaths
American mountain climbers
University of Washington alumni