Editing John B. Anderson (section)

== Early life and career ==

Anderson was born in [[Rockford, Illinois]], where he grew up, the son of Mabel Edna (née Ring) and E. Albin Anderson. His father was a Swedish immigrant, as were his maternal grandparents.<ref name="NYT1980">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/26/archives/anderson-chooses-lucey-for-his-ticket-praises-exwisconsin-governor.html | work = The New York Times | title = Anderson Chooses Lucey for his Ticket; Praises Ex-Wisconsin Governor as Qualified for the White House Seeking Broader Support Anderson Picks Lucey, Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, as Running Mate Matter of Prominence Sees Effect on Congressmen Gives Carter 'No Chance' | date = August 26, 1980 | access-date = May 6, 2010 | first = Warren | last = Weaver Jr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/623990942.html?dids=623990942:623990942&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+06%2C+1980&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Wife+a+prime+mover+in+the+primary+campaign&pqatl=google | work = Chicago Tribune | title = Wife a prime mover in the primary campaign | first = David | last = Axelrod | author-link = David Axelrod (political consultant) | date = March 6, 1980 | access-date = July 6, 2017 | archive-date = October 24, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121024111321/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/623990942.html?dids=623990942:623990942&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+06,+1980&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Wife+a+prime+mover+in+the+primary+campaign&pqatl=google | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = Lawrence Kestenbaum | url = http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson5.html | title = Index to Politicians: Anderson, J | website = The Political Graveyard | access-date = July 28, 2011}}</ref>{{sfn|Mason|2011| p = [https://books.google.com/books?id=9pOZthhF1ygC&q=%22Mabel+Edna+Ring%22&pg=PA8 8]}} His father was born in 1885 in [[:sv:Eriksbergs socken|Eriksberg parish]], [[Västergötland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Birth records – Eriksberg parish 1881–1894 |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0019689_00020#?c=&m=&s=&cv=19&xywh=-862%2C-484%2C3260%2C4362 |access-date=1 December 2024 |work=Riksarkivet |publisher=www.riksarkivet.se |pages=15}}<!-- auto-translated from Swedish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 1890 – Ernst Albin Andersson |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/folkrakningar?Fornamn=Ernst+Albin&DatumFran=1885&DatumTill=1885&Folk1860=true&Folk1870=true&Folk1880=true&Folk1890=true&Folk1900=true&Folk1910=true&Folk1930=false&AvanceradSok=False&page=16&postid=Folk_102982171&tab=post#tab |access-date=2024-11-30 |work=Riksarkivet |publisher=www.riksarkivet.se |language=sv}}<!-- auto-translated from Swedish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> His mother was born in 1886 [[Stillman Valley, Illinois|Stillman Valley]], Illinois,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=Mabel Edna Anderson |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Mabel-Anderson/6000000071645564004 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Geni family tree |language=en-US}}</ref> her father had immigrated from [[Rydaholm|Rydaholm parish]], [[Småland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birth records – Rydaholm parish 1826–1854 |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0023006_00095#?c=&m=&s=&cv=94&xywh=1901%2C-202%2C3967%2C5308 |website=www.riksarkivet.se |page=177}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Riksarkivet |title=Census 1880 – Johannes Ring the older |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/folkrakningar?Fornamn=Johannes&Efternamn=Ring&Folk1860=true&Folk1870=true&Folk1880=true&Folk1890=true&Folk1900=true&Folk1910=true&Folk1930=true&Civilstand=G&AvanceradSok=true&page=17&postid=Folk_119816935&tab=post#tab |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=sok.riksarkivet.se |language=sv}}</ref>

In his youth, he worked in his family's grocery store.<ref name=Ad>{{cite web | url = http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1980/john-anderson | title = The Living Room Candidate | website = www.livingroomcandidate.org}}</ref> He graduated as the valedictorian of his class (1939) at [[Rockford Central High School]].<ref name="NYTobit"/> He graduated from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] in 1942, and started law school; his education was interrupted by [[World War II]].<ref name="NYT1980"/> He enlisted in the [[United States Army|Army]] in 1943, and served as a [[staff sergeant]] in the U.S. Field Artillery in France and Germany until the end of the war, receiving four [[service star]]s.<ref name=Ad/> After the war, Anderson returned to complete his education, earning a [[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) from the [[University of Illinois College of Law]] in 1946.<ref name="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">{{cite web | title = Anderson, John Bayard | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=a000195 | access-date = January 18, 2017}}</ref>

Anderson was admitted to the Illinois [[bar (law)|bar]] the same year, and practiced law in Rockford. Soon after, he moved east to attend [[Harvard Law School]], obtaining a [[Master of Laws]] (LL.M.) in 1949.<ref name="NYTobit"/> While at Harvard, he served on the faculty of [[Northeastern University School of Law]] in Boston.<ref name="CTobit">{{cite web | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-john-anderson-dead-20171204-story.html | title = Illinois Republican John B. Anderson, third-party candidate for President in 1980, Dies at 95 | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | date = December 4, 2017 | access-date = December 4, 2017}}</ref> In another brief return to Rockford, Anderson practiced at the law firm Large, Reno & Zahm (now Reno & Zahm LLP).<ref name="CTobit"/> Thereafter, Anderson joined the [[United States Foreign Service|Foreign Service]].<ref name="NYT1980"/> From 1952 to 1955, he served in [[Berlin]], as the Economic Reporting Officer in the Eastern Affairs Division, as an adviser on the staff of the [[Allied High Commission|United States High Commissioner for Germany]].<ref name="CTobit"/> At the end of his tour, he left the foreign service and once again returned to the practice of law in Rockford.{{sfn|Mason|2011| pp = 9–10}}