Gerald Lee Anderson, CEO of American Gas and Chemical Company and Delphian Corporation, died on April 1, 2025, at age 84. Jerry was born in 1940 in Vernon, Texas, to Robert B. and Ollie Mae Anderson.
After moving to Greenwich as a teenager, he attended the Brunswick School, where he was captain of the tennis and squash teams. He received his undergraduate degree in Economics at Harvard College in 1962 and earned his MBA in 1965 and JD in 1966 from Columbia University.
In 1965, he married Carolyn Ruth Hunt at The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York. He started his career on Wall Street but dedicated his professional life to managing technology firms. In 1987, he and Carolyn co-founded a Greenwich real estate company, Anderson Associates, where he served as Executive Vice President.
Among his publications are The Gas Monitoring Handbook (Avocet Press, 1999) and the Anderson Guide to Enjoying Greenwich (1st edition, 1997; 11th edition, 2018). Jerry was a longtime member of the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting and served as chair of District 10.
He was a member of the Greenwich Field Club, where he played tennis into his seventies.
Jerry is survived by his wife Carolyn, son Clifford, daughter Gwendolyn, and three grandchildren: Morgan, Theodore, and Rowan.
To honor Jerry’s life, family and friends will gather on Wednesday, April 9, from 3:00-7 :00pm at Coxe & Graziano Funeral Home, 134 Hamilton Ave, Greenwich, 203-869-5968.
The funeral service will take place on Thursday, April 10, at 10:00 am at the First Congregational Church of Greenwich, 108 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, followed by an interment in the churchyard. For more information or to place an online condolence, www.coxeandgraziano.com