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Show Building named for former Springville man The building housing Air War College, USAF's senior school, will be named Anderson Hall in ceremonies scheduled at Maxwell AFB, Ala., Jan. 28. The memorialization pays tribute to the memory of the late Maj. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson, Ander-son, a native of Springville, first commandant of AWC, who held the post from the founding of the Air University institution in 1946, until he retired. re-tired. General Anderson's widow, Mrs. Maude Anderson of Mon-togemery, Mon-togemery, Ala.; Miss Nancy Anderson, General Anderson's daughter; Lt. Gen. John W. Carpenter, III, AU commander; command-er; and Maj. Gen. Arno H. Luhman, AU vice-commander and AWC commandant, will participate in the unveiling ceremony. General Anderson's military career began in 1917. His service ser-vice as a pioneer aviator and balloonist, wartime planner and U.S. Air Force educator was, honored by many high awards during his lifetime. In 1954 General Anderson accepted th post of executive director of the USAF Historical Histori-cal Foundation, a position he held until he resigned in mid-1965 mid-1965 because of illness. He was born in Springville, May 2, 1895 and lived here as a young man. He attended the BYU, 1914-16 and enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army Aug. 23, 1917. He entered the aviation section of the Signal Corps the same month as a flying cadet, going to the Army Ar-my Balloon School in Nebraska. Nebras-ka. He continued to climb from one position to another in the service and served at numerous posts and in many foreign lands. He died Aug. 23, 1965, 15 years after retirement. |
