Lloyd Anderson

Lloyd Alva Anderson was an American business executive who co-founded the retail and outdoor recreation services corporation REI in 1938 with his wife Mary Anderson. As avid mountaineers they saw a need for quality gear so created a consumer cooperative company that is one of the largest recreational equipment retailers. They were inducted into the Cooperative Business Association's Hall of Fame in 1993.

First ascents

Anderson's first ascents include Mount Triumph, Sinister Peak, Forbidden Peak, Tenpeak Mountain, Klawatti Peak, and Dorado Needle.

Family life

Anderson was born to John Anderson and Adda Wilson Bush Anderson in Roy, Washington. He studied at University of Washington, earning a bachelor of science in electrical engineering and worked for Seattle's transit utility. He died in 2000.

Publications

Lloyd Anderson's Climbing Notebook Copyright Registration Number/Date: TXu000053476 /
The History of Recreational Equipment, Inc.--a Cooperative Copyright Registration Number/Date: TXu000043397 /