Bio: Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) was a lawyer, oil and gas developer, and U.S. government official who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1953 to 1954, as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1954 to 1955, and as Secretary of the Treasury from 1957 to 1961.
LBJ Connection: Businessman; friend and adviser to LBJ; Secretary of the Treasury; 1957-1961