LeRoy F. Anderson ’50

LeRoy F. Anderson ’50, of Cummaquid and Centerville, Mass.; Nov. 25. After graduating from Brown, he served in Germany with the U.S. Army’s 175th Battalion during the Korean War. He married his high school sweetheart in 1951 and earned a master’s degree from Stonier Graduate School of Banking in 1965. In addition to his banking career that consisted of management positions in several New England community banks, he was an organist for more than 20 years at area churches. While at Brown, he played the Sayles Hall organ at chapel services for one week each semester. He also sang in many choral groups and was involved in the Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, and Rotary clubs. He captured his life’s journey in Joie de Vivre, a 400-page book published in 2015. He and his wife enjoyed traveling together and made more than 15 trips to Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Germany, and Italy between 1995 and 2006. He enjoyed gardening and was a skilled house painter. He is survived by a daughter, a son and daughter-in-law, five grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.