Philip Carr Anderson

Philip Carr Anderson, Professor of Medicine and Dermatologist, was born December 25, 1930, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He married Patricia Storti on January 20, 1962, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He died October 31, 2000, in Columbia, Missouri
Early life
Dr. Anderson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and shortly after his birth in 1930, his father, moved the family to Jackson, Michigan. He attended local schools and graduated from Jackson High School in 1948. He studied hard and was determined to attend university despite the hardships faced by his parents. During The Great Depression, his father worked at the Beach Inn hotel run by his brother-in-law, Bert Carr, in Munising, Michigan. He was very fond of the years spent in the Upper Peninsula.
Medical Education
He received a Regents Alumni Scholarship to the University of Michigan, where he earned his undergraduate degree in 1951 and his medical degree in 1955. He spend his internship at , before serving in the Navy. His two years in Navy Medical Corps afforded him an opportunity to visit London and Paris. After completing his Navy service, he returned to the University of Michigan for his residency in Dermatology.
In 1963, Dr. Anderson became an assistant professor of Dermatology at the University of Missouri. In 1966 he became a Markle Scholar, recognized for his potential in academic medicine.
Professional life
In 1967, Dr. Anderson was named special assistant to Jim Shannon, first director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Anderson was particularly influential in the diagnosis and treatment of bites of the brown recluse spider.
In 1971, at 41 years old, he became the Chairman of Dermatology, at the University of Missouri. Over the course of the next 25 years, Dr. Anderson established one of the most successful Dermatology Departments in the United States.
There is an endowed professorship at the University of Missouri in his name, the Philip C. Anderson Professorship in Medicine-Dermatology.
Other Interests
Dr. Anderson was somewhat of a renaissance man. His interests spanned all disciplines of science and the arts. He assembled a library with books on nearly every subject. He was fond of art, surrealism in particular. He was an avid follower of politics, and while generally a Democrat, was known to support Republicans as well.
Interest in Movies
Dr. Anderson enjoyed films, and explored film history. And in 1972, Dr. Anderson was hired to be the crew physician for the filming of Tom Sawyer in Arrow Rock, Missouri. It was on this film that he met Neil Machlis who had Dr. Anderson work on several other films: Huckleberry Finn, Hair, and Lenny.
Published Articles and Books
Books
Managing Skin Diseases, Philip C. Anderson, Kristin S. Malaker. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999. ISBN 0683305980 or ISBN 9780683305982
Articles
Anderson, Philip C. 1997. Spider Bites in the United States. Dermatologic Clinics - Volume 15, Issue 2 (April 1997) 307-312.
Anderson, Philip C. 1982. Necrotizing spider bites. American Family Practitioner 26: 198-203.

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