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Dr.
E. Frederick
Anderson, recipient
of the Distinguished
Faculty Alumnus
Award, credits his
parents with
providing a strong
home environment.
His late father,
Reverend Ernest A.
Anderson, who was
the pastor of the
McCoy Memorial
Baptist Church,
hosted Dr. Martin
Luther King on
several fund raising
visits to Los
Angeles.
Young Dr. Anderson
influenced by such
community
involvement
throughout his
school years,
graduated from
Dorsey High School
and also gives much
credit to the
California Master
Plan for Higher
Education for
opening the doors to
college for many. He
graduated from Los
Angeles City College
with an A.A. degree
in Sociology. He
transferred to
the-then Los Angeles
State College as a
junior in sociology,
and graduated in
1965 while working
full time at the Los
Angeles Police
Department jail.
While attending Cal
State L.A., he was
recruited by track
and field coaches,
but had to take a
pass because of his
work schedule. He
did serve as
president of the Phi
Beta Sigma
fraternity, which
supported and
encouraged
excellence and a
focus on
graduation.
Upon
completing his
Bachelor of Arts
degree in Sociology
in 1965, he
continued graduate
studies at the
School of Social
Work at San Diego
State College, and
worked for the
California Youth
Authority. Within
two years he had
become a Licensed
Clinical Social
worker and a
marriage and family
counselor.
After
working for the
California Youth
Authority, Dr.
Anderson
served as a
consultant for the
Pasadena Unified
School District
before being invited
to compete for a
faculty position at
the School of Social
Work at San Diego
State University.
There,
he published
articles and
traveled to
encourage minority
students toward
graduate education.
Upon attaining
tenure, he enrolled
in the doctoral
program in Social
Work at the USC,
where he completed
his Ph.D.
He
returned to San
Diego State
University as
Assistant Dean in
the School of Social
Work, and then
became the first
Assistant Dean in
its College of Human
Services. Due to
the loss of his
father and
subsequent illness
of his mother, he
returned to Los
Angeles and accepted
appointments with
the School of Social
Work at the USC, the
USC School of
Medicine’s
Department of
Pediatrics, and at
Children’s Hospital
of Los Angeles –
helping patients
with genetic,
metabolic and
developmental
delays, and also
supervising graduate
students from USC.
Dr. Anderson returned
to Cal State L.A in
1991 as a faculty
member, where his
many fields of study
have encompassed
social policy,
aging, and the
history of social
welfare. Although he
has taught at every
University from
which he has
graduated, Cal State
L.A., he says, is
the most satisfying
to him because it
provided the
foundation for
further achievement
in higher education.
This year, he was
awarded the title of
Professor Emeritus.
Along
with his other
numerous
achievements,
Dr. Anderson plays
jazz, classical and
gospel on the
Hammond B3 organ.
Along with an array
of hobbies, he
admits to being an
unabashed car guy.
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