John Rogers Anderson

Admiral John Rogers Anderson, (born 9 September 1941) is a retired Canadian Forces officer and civil servant.

Military career
Anderson was born in British Columbia and attended University of British Columbia; he graduated with a BSc and attended a Long Operations Officers course. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1963 and worked his way up the ranks. He became Commanding Officer of HMCS Restigouche in 1978, Commanding Officer of the Naval Officers' Training Centre at CFB Esquimalt in 1980 and Commander of the First Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1982. He went on to be Director Maritime Requirements (Sea) at the National Defence Headquarters in 1983, Director General of Maritime Doctrine and Operations in 1986 and Chief of the Canadian Nuclear Submarine Acquisition Project in 1987. After that he became Chief of Maritime Doctrine and Operations in 1989, Commander Maritime Command in 1991, in which role he was proud to take possession of HMCS Halifax - the first of a completely new class of frigates, and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 1992. His last appointments were as Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces in 1993 and Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels, Belgium in 1994.

He was made a Commander of the Order of Military Merit in 1989.