Hall of Fame
A two-sport athlete in football and baseball as an undergraduate at Norwich, Arthur Anderson remains dedicated to the Norwich tradition. His contributions to the school have served to enhance that tradition.
Norwich never suffered a losing season in Art's three years as a member of the Cadet football team. He was an even better baseball player. A standout catcher, Art led the Cadets to an 11-6 record as a junior, the team's first winning season in five years. He hit 12 home runs that spring to rank among the national leaders in home runs per game. Professional baseball teams began to take notice of Art's abilities right around this same time. Seven clubs contacted him during his senior year as Norwich posted a 10-7 record. Two of those teams offered him a professional contract, but Art turned them down to fulfill his commitment to the U.S. Army.
Art played on an Army baseball team with several active professional players while serving his two-year commitment to the Army. He had a chance to pursue a career in baseball upon leaving the Army in 1963, but decided against it.
Art got involved in the paper supply business, going to work for the Diamond International Paper & Pulp Company until 1972 when he purchased 25 percent of D.F. Monroe. He subsequently bought out his partners and expanded the company's sales base from $3 million to $125 million. Art later sold D.F. Monroe to another distributor in 1988, but has remained active in the industry. He is currently in the process of combining three of his companies into one national paper distrubution company to be called the American Paper Company (APCO).
Art has continued to serve Norwich over the last several years. He is currently on the Norwich 2000 Steering Committee and was elected to the school's Board of Trustees last spring.
