Anderson, Bernhard Jr.
Bernhard H. Anderson May 31, 1934 – January 18, 2025 WESTAKE, OHIO, USA. Bernhard “Bernie” Herman Anderson Jr., aged 90, living at the Concord Reserve in Westlake, Ohio, died peacefully on January 18, 2025, due to a stroke and heart complications. Bernie Anderson was born on May 31, 1934, and was raised in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, a suburb of New York City. He was the son of the late Bernhard Herman Anderson Sr. (1895-1963) and the late Ingegerd Lovisa Svenson (1898-1986) who immigrated from Trollhättan, Sweden to New York City through Ellis Island in 1931 with his older brother, the late Olof Lennart Anderson (1931-2021). After graduating from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, New York, Bernie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Renssaealer Polytechnic University in Troy, New York (1956) and earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio (961). He married the late Hedwig Anna Thomay (1939-2017) in 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio and they had three children—Emile August, Ernest Eric Albert, and Vivica Ingrid between 1960 and 1963. Bernie worked as an aeronautical engineer before the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was formally established ...Read More