Walter Anderson (editor)

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Walter Anderson is the Chairman, Publisher and CEO of Parade Publications (2000 - ). Anderson was an editor of PARADE Magazine for 20 years before being named CEO.

Anderson dropped out of high school and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served as a Marine from 1961 to 1966, and during his enlistment he earned his Graduate Equivancy Diploma (GED). He has been a national spokesman of for the GED. He subsequently earned his college degree and has written four books.

Anderson the recipient of the 1994 Horatio Alger Award, which honors individuals who have succeeded in the face of adversity.

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