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Andy Anderson

Andy Anderson

Andy Anderson was born in 1946 and raised on a farm in southern Illinois. In 1964, at age 16, he moved to Seldovia, Alaska where his brother was already living. He worked in the canneries and as a commercial fisherman, before becoming the community's chief of police in 1979. He also did construction work in Anchorage, ran tug and diving boats in Cook Inlet, and was a heavy equipment operator on the North Slope. Andy retired from the Seldovia police department in 2011, after serving for 32 years. He married a woman from Seldovia and raised a daughter there.
Date of Birth:
Sep 24, 1946
Andy Anderson appears in the following new Jukebox projects:
Interview Title Abstract Archive #: Oral History Project Date of Interview
Andy Anderson, Part 1

Andy Anderson was interviewed on January 30, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at his home in Seldovia, Alaska. In this first part of a two part interview, Andy talks about coming to Seldovia, getting hired as the police chief, and the challenges of being a police officer in a small town. He also talks about changes in Seldovia after the 1964 Alaska Earthquake.

 2014-17-08_PT.1 Seldovia Jan 30, 2015
Andy Anderson, Part 2

This is the continuation of an interview with Andy Anderson on January 30, 2015 by Jan Yaeger at his home in Seldovia, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, Andy talks about what Seldovia was like when he first arrived, changes in Seldovia brought about by the Urban Renewal Program after the 1964 Alaska Earthquake, and being police chief. He also talks about the road to Jakolof Bay and some of the old-timers of Seldovia.

 2014-17-08_PT.2 Seldovia Jan 30, 2015