Lloyd Alva Anderson (August 4, 1902 – September 13, 2000) was an American business executive who co-founded the retail and outdoor recreation services corporation Recreational Equipment, Inc (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.Drosendahl, Glenn. "The Mountaineers" (https://historylink.org/ : accessed March 2, 2020) History Link Essay 20547 Posted April 20, 2018Morse, Gardiner (May 2003). "Gearing Up at REI". (https://www.hbr.org : accessed March 1, 2020) Harvard Business Review. Retrieved November 7, 2015. They were inducted into the Cooperative Business Association's Hall of Fame in 1993."Lloyd and Mary Anderson". Cooperative Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 25, 2012.

First ascents Anderson's first ascents include Mount Triumph (1938), Sinister Peak (1939), Forbidden Peak (1940), Tenpeak Mountain (1940), Klawatti Peak (1940), and Dorado Needle (1940).Beckey, Fred W. Cascade Alpine Guide, Climbing and High Routes. Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 2008.

Family life Anderson was born to John Anderson and Adda Wilson Bush Anderson in Roy, Washington. He studied at the University of Washington, earning a bachelor of science in electrical engineering and worked for Seattle's transit utility. He died in 2000.Obituary, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Via https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4V-B467.Beers, Carole. "Lloyd Anderson, REI founder, dies" (https://archive.seattletimes.com/ : accessed March 2, 2020) The Seattle Times Seattle, Washington September 23, 2000

Publications Lloyd Anderson's Climbing Notebook (1980) Copyright Registration Number/Date: TXu000053476 / The History of Recreational Equipment, Inc.--a Cooperative (1980) Copyright Registration Number/Date: TXu000043397 /

References

External links Lloyd Anderson papers, (1929-1979 at University of Washington Libraries The Mountaineer, 1938 The Mountaineer, 1940 The Mountaineer, 1941 The Mountaineer, 1947 REI.com