George D. Anderson, Jr. was born in Springfield, Ohio and moved to Cincinnati after his father was killed in World War II. He was orphaned at age six and raised in St. Aloysius Orphanage in Cincinnati, Ohio. After graduating from school he joined the U. S. Navy until he retired. During his tour of duty he made the landing in Beirut, Lebanon in July 1958, he was in the Cuban crises in 1962, and spent three tours of duty in Viet Nam, 1964, 1965 and 1966. He is a graduate from the University of Cincinnati with an education degree and he taught high school for ten years before becoming a director for Southern Ohio College.