Kent Stuart Anderson Memorial

Kent grew up in Newport Beach, was a Cub Scout, a Boy Scout, and a sailor, who in his teens became an ardent musician and a member of a contemporary group. After two years at Orange Coast College he went on to graduate from Long Beach State University with a B.S.

Kent became a Marine Corps officer and elected to fly helicopters. He was flying a rescue mission in Vietnam at the time of his death, one week before his twenty-fifth birthday. It had been his intention to further his education in entomology on his return. This scholarship was established to help an adult returning to school whose goals include graduation from a four year college or university.