A newsmaker you should know: Beaver Campus alumnus returns to receive award
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David D. Anderson
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David D. Anderson of Montgomery, Texas, recently returned to his alma mater, Penn State Beaver Campus, to receive the 2011 Penn State Beaver Outstanding Alumnus Award.
"It was nostalgic," he said his return visit."It was kind of a neat trip back to the past."
The award recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves through career achievements as well as campus and community involvement. It was presented to Mr. Anderson by Gary Keefer, chancellor at Penn State Beaver, at the Jan. 25 dinner meeting of the Penn State Beaver Advisory Board.
Mr. Anderson attended the campus in Monaca from 1975 to 1977 and graduated from Penn State's University Park campus with a degree in accounting in 1979.
He has a long and varied career in the petroleum industry and currently is the leader of international commercial development efforts at Anadarko Petroleum Corp., headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
The position includes negotiating with foreign governments on production sharing contracts, gas sales agreements and other matters.
Mr. Anderson said he enjoys the dynamic aspect of his career, particularly his work on the international side of the industry, where he is required to continually familiarize himself with foreign political systems and regulations.
The continual learning process keeps him from ever having a boring day, he said, and it's an environment in which he thrives.
He was hired by Anadarko in 1987 to work in the gas marketing department and has held his current job for the past 12 years.
Shortly after graduating from Penn State, he accepted a job with Marathon Oil Co. in Finley, Ohio. After working there for four years, he moved to Marathon's Natural Gas Division, where he was responsible for spot and long-term gas sales, gas purchases, commercial aspects of gas processing and commercial responsibilities related to major project work.
"It's been a fun and interesting and exciting career," Mr. Anderson said. "There are so many facets to it that it's impossible to know everything about it, so it's a constant learning process. It's on the cutting edge of technology, so it's always changing. We're always doing new things."
First Published February 16, 2012 4:59 am
