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By Times Free Press Staff March 16, 2014 1 min read

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A look back at the career of Lee Anderson

Lee Anderson, far right, is honored at a newsroom celebration in 1972.

Editor Lee Anderson is seen in the composing room of the Chattanooga News-Free Press in this file photo from 1980.

Editor Lee Anderson relaxes in the News-Free Press offices in 1960. This photo was made by his longtime friend Chief Photographer Delmont Wilson.

Editor Lee Anderson leans from the window of photographer Jim Martin's Studebaker pickup truck in this 1975 photo.

Editor Lee Anderson, second from left, coordinates the production of the newspaper on the day of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Also pictured in the November 22, 1963 photo are, from left; a unidentified newspaper employee, Mr. Anderson, City Editor Julius Parker, Circulation Manager Bill Hoback, and page one designer Bud Davis.

Betsy and Lee Anderson

Betsy and Lee Anderson at Free Press office 1971

J.B. Collins 75th birthday 9-24-1992

March 12, 1984

Linda Weaver birthday 1989

Lee Anderson, Kenya safari

Betsy and Lee on Camels, Egypt

Betsy, Lee, Corinne & Stewart 1950s

Anderson family, Kenya safari

She is now a clinical psychologist at M.D. Anderson hospital, Houston, Texas.

Lee Anderson with two grandchildren Claire and Sam Adams. Sam is now in business in Atlanta, GA.

Staff Photo by Tim Barber/Chattanooga Times Free Press - February 15, 2012 - Times Free Press conservative editorialist Lee Anderson begins to clean out his office on a mid-February morning in preparation for his April 18th departure from a life-long job at the newspaper. Anderson celebrated 70 years in the business this year.

Staff Photo by Tim Barber/Chattanooga Times Free Press - February 15, 2012 - Lee Anderson, Associate Publisher & Editor of the Free Press opinion page, proofs one of his editorials in mid-February. Anderson will leave his post April 18th.

Lee Anderson is seen in his office at The Chattanooga News-Free Press in this file photo.

From left, Mickey Nelligan, Pickle McBride, Nikos Pappas and Joni Carr practice outside Lindsay Street Hall.