Rasmus Björn Anderson
Teacher • Author • Diplomat
Born of Norwegian parents in town of Albion, January 12, 1846
Member of the University faculty 1869-1883
United States Minister to Denmark 1885-1889
Died in Madison, Wisconsin, March 2, 1936
First Wisconsin-born professor on the University faculty
First professor of Norwegian descent in an American university
Founder of the first chair of Scandinavian languages in America
"Urdar orgi kvedr engi madr"
This native rock, which Anderson cherished for its likeness to a Viking ship, was removed from his home in 1987 and placed here by the Scandinavian section of the Wisconsin Centennial Committee.
Marker can be reached from Observatory Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
