USCBC Mourns the Death of a Former President

(Donald Anderson far left)

We were saddened to learn of the death of Donald M. Anderson, who served as USCBC’s president during the period 1991-1994. A resident of Washington, DC, he died on October 6, 2019. He was 87 years old.

A retired Foreign Service Officer, he devoted a large part of his career to helping normalize relations with China, starting in the 1960’s and participating in the opening of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing in 1973.

He then served as the first U.S. Consul General for Shanghai after opening the Consulate in 1980, and ended his Foreign Service career as the U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong from 1986-1990. According to a Washington Post obituary, he loved his study of China and representing the United States there. His posts included Chinese language school in Taiwan; three tours of duty in Hong Kong; the China Desk at the State Department; and the U.S. Embassies in New Delhi and Paris. “He and his peers’ era of diplomacy was a fascinating time in U.S. and China’s relations and their impact changed history,” the Washington Post wrote.

We send our condolences to his wife and two daughters.