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Carl Arthur Anderson obituary 1974

CARL ANDERSON

Carl A. Anderson, longtime South San Francisco resident and principal of Polytechnic High School in San Francisco, died Wednesday at the age of 84.

Anderson joined the San Francisco school system in 1924 as a teacher. He served as principal of Noe Valley Junior administrative High, Hamilton Junior High and Galileo High School before becoming the founding principal of Presidio Junior High in 1930. In 1939, he became principal of Poly, serving for 15 years, when he retired in 1954.

Anderson was a past president of both the California School Masters Club and the Alfa Field Chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa professional educational fraternity.

He began teaching the summer of 1908 I a one-room Nebraska school. He held administrative posts in Nebraska, New York State, and Rawlins, Wyo. where he was superintendent.

Anderson was an ordained elder in the United Presbyterian Church, and a longtime member of the Lakeside Presbyterian Church of San Francisco.

Survivors include his widow, Beulah Davidson Anderson - their golden wedding anniversary was celebrated in 1961 - a daughter, Phyllis Anderson Wood, and three grandchildren. Private funeral services were held under direction of Garden Chapel in San Francisco. He was buried at Cypress Lawn Cemetery.

(copy from Findagrave memorial)

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