乔治年代. 安德森

HSU Trustee 1903-1964

乔治年代. 安德森 was born on October 18, 1871, 在萨拉多河, 德州, the fourth of seven children to Captain Vachel and Malvina 安德森. He attended primary grades at Salado College, a private school in Bell County, 德州, where he absorbed early 德州 civilization and culture. 1885年12月, 15岁的时候, 乔治和他的父亲和哥哥乘坐一辆有篷马车前往费希尔县, 1886年3月，他将家人留在了贝尔县的家中. 乔治的父亲是费舍尔县罗比镇建立的合伙人.

George continued his education in Roby, 但已经超越了原始学校里所教的等级. Two of his brothers had become cowboys, and George was considering following in their footsteps when, in 1888, 法官R.C. 鹤和W.M. 史密斯 established, with the quiet assistance of Dr. J.D. Davis, the first newspaper in Fisher County, the Fisher County Call. George was hired as a printer’s apprentice, 在报社为李博士调酒、取字等工作. Davis, who was acting as typesetter. Within three months of being hired, Dr. Davis returned to his medical practice full time, 让乔治接手排版和手工印刷的工作. 这段在打印机打字箱的经历补充了他未完成的教育，并使他走上了长达70多年的职业生涯.

Over the next two years with the Fisher County Call, 乔治从学徒晋升为排字工和助理印刷工, 致广告业务员, and then to co-owner of the paper with his brother-in-law. 同时前往附近的社区进行广告销售和收款, 他结识了阿比林及周边地区的主要商人.

Shortly before his 20th birthday, George married Minnie Kiefer in 1890. 1893年，他和米妮从罗比搬到了阿比林. 乔治•布什(George W. 史密斯在《中国赌博平台》的出版中，接替了史密斯博士的兴趣. W.C. 弗莱利当时正从西蒙斯学院第一任校长的职位上退休. Dr. 史密斯, who first promoted the idea of building a Baptist college in West 德州, 创办并经营这份报纸，主要是为了促进中文博彩平台的建立.

In the summer of 1894, George joined the staff of the Abilene Reporter, a weekly newspaper published by Abilene Printing Company. In 1895, 阿比林印刷公司由乔治和约翰·霍尼接管, Sr. as editor of the Abilene Reporter. In 1896, George increased the Reporter’s publication rate from weekly to daily, and it became the Abilene Daily Reporter. 乔治很快卖掉了他的破产管理权，成为报纸和印刷业的业务经理. He later became partner with his brother-in-law, 休·基弗, in the ownership of Abilene Printing Company, after which George edited the paper for several years.

In 1906, 乔治是一家公司的主要股东之一，该公司在《中文博彩平台》(Baptist Standard)吞并了原来的《中文博彩平台》(West 德州 Baptist)后成立了一家地区性浸信会报纸. This resulted in the establishment of the Western Evangel, which was published by George and the Abilene Daily Reporter. He later was a principal backer of the West 德州 Baptist, published until about 1943, when it was taken over by the Baptist Standard.

In 1902, upon the incorporation of Abilene Printing Company, George became its president, where he served until 1932, when he stepped aside and became secretary of the corporation. In 1920, 报纸业务部分从工厂和制造端分离出来, 并于1924年成立了阿比林印刷文具公司, of which George became president and general manager. 该报随后以记者出版公司的名义合并. By 1946, the two companies still remained closely affiliated. 这家印刷文具公司经营着一笔可观的印刷业务, manufacturing stationers, and conducting a retail stationery store. 出版公司继续出版后来的《阿比林记者中文博彩平台》, with both morning and afternoon editions. 当时, 乔治谦恭地把生意的成功大部分归功于他的合伙人, M.B. 自1932年以来，汉克斯一直主要负责该报的管理工作.

乔治不到20岁就成为罗比浸信会教堂的执事, and in 1893 when he joined First Baptist Church of Abilene, he was made a deacon there as well. He served as deacon at First Baptist for the remainder of his life, taught a girl’s Sunday school class for over 18 years, and was a member of the finance committee there for over 30 years.

乔治在阿比林生活了72年，他忠实地为阿比林的改善服务于董事会和委员会. At the time of his death in 1964, 乔治继续担任第一国民银行董事会主席, chairman of the board of directors of The Reporter Publishing Company, and president of Abilene Printing and Stationery. 另外, 他当时是中文博彩平台的高级受托人和执行委员会委员, serving the longest term of any HSU trustee, 61年.

A trustee of HSU since 1903, he had long supported Hardin-Simmons both financially and with his time, 1957年, shortly after the death of Minnie, 男生宿舍, 安德森大厅, was named in their honor. 乔治也是亨德里克纪念医院的董事会主席和财政支持者. In 1963, the Minnie L. 亨德里克的安德森大楼开放了，主要由明妮的遗产提供资金支持.

George continued to be active, and it is reported that on his 90th birthday, 他开始他的生日的方式和他所有的日子一样:“他5点左右起床, cooked his own breakfast, and was in his office at approximately 7:30 or 8:00 a.m. 他在那里待到11:30左右，然后去Wooten咖啡店吃午饭.” He spent the day quietly, insisting on no celebrations, just as he had been against any appreciation event in his honor.

At the time of Mr. 安德森’s death in 1964, Hardin-Simmons University vice president W.T. Walton said of him, “Always Mr. 安德森认为社区年轻人的需求和社区病人的需求比他自己的奢侈品更重要. 多年来，他把爱奉献给他的同胞，在天上积蓄财宝. 他在学校和社区事务中的道德支持，以及他在基督教管理方面的出色榜样，使他成为我们地区真正伟大的人物之一. We shall miss him greatly.”

中文博彩平台很荣幸能够表彰她自己的一位校友，并正式邀请乔治·S. 安德森 into the HSU 领袖堂.