Ben Anderson receives USCG Witherspoon Award

Ben Anderson is thir generation CEO of family owned Arthur Anderson Associates

Ben Anderson, CEO of Bremerton, Wash,, based Art Anderson Associates was awarded the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Captain John C. Witherspoon Inspirational Leadership Award on June 5,, 2019.

The Witherspoon Award revolves around the USCG’s core values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty. Anderson is a Commander in the USCG Reserve, currently stationed at Base Seattle as the Senior Reserve Officer.

His award is in respect to his service at Sector Puget Sound. In this capacity he led reservist within the Sector’s Prevention Department, overseeing four weekend teams of reservists performing Port State Control exams on international vessels and local waterfront safety /security inspections. Amderson was the key liaison between his group and his active duty counterparts, ensuring all 45 reservists were trained, in compliance with readiness measures, and ready to mobilize as needed.

“Commander Anderson has consistently shown the highest levels of outstanding leadership as he inspired extraordinary job satisfaction and mission performance within the Sector Puget Sound Prevention Department Reserve program,” says Captain L.A. Sturgis, CG Sector Puget Sound.

Anderson has served in the USCG for 17 years; active duty for 10 and within the reserves for 7 years. He is a graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy with follow on graduate degrees at the University of Michigan where he received his master’s in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

He is the third generation CEO/President of family owned Art Anderson Associates, a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering services firm founded in 1957 in Bremerton, WA, focusing on both marine and facility projects