• Earned bachelor’s degree as Summerfield Scholar from KU School of Business, 1948
• Member of KU School of Business Dean’s Board of Advisors and Deans Club
• KU School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, 1998
• Member of KU Chancellor’s Club
• KU Alumni Association Distinguished Service Citation recipient, 2010
• KU Alumni Association Fred Ellsworth Medallion recipient, 1997

The late Anderson Chandler was the chairman emeritus of Fidelity State Bank and Trust Co. of Topeka and vice president and director of First Bank of Newton.

Chandler graduated from the KU School of Business in 1948 as a Summerfield Scholar. He was a member of the School of Business Deans Club and served on the Dean’s Advisory Board. He had served as chairman of the KU Greater University Fund, the KU Memorial Corporation, and the KU Endowment Association Audit Committee. He also was a member of the Chancellor’s Club, KU’s major donor organization.

Chandler established the Anderson W. Chandler Teaching Professorship in Business to recognize and encourage excellence in classroom teaching. He also established the Anderson Chandler Lecture Series, which brings business and thought leaders to speak at the School of Business.

In 1997, Chandler received the Fred Ellsworth Medallion, the highest award for service to the university by an alumnus, and he was among the first to receive the School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Citation from the KU Alumni Association in 2010.