Scott Anderson (physicist)
Scott Anderson was the founder of Anderson Physics Laboratory in Urbana, Illinois
, a leading provider of metal halides and amalgams to the lighting industry. He received 11 U.S. patents.
He received his B.S. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1935, M.S. from the University of Illinois in 1937, and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois 1940. During World War II, he worked in the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory.
Anderson was a Rotarian and served as the President of the Rotary Club of Champaign, Illinois from 1963 to 1964. He was a founder of the Urban League of Champaign County and also was instrumental in establishing Project Goodstart and New Beginnings.
