RayAnderson is founder and chairman of Interface, Inc, the world's largest manufacturer of modular carpet for commercial and residential applications and a leading producer of commercial broadloom and commercial fabrics.
Anderson is featured in the film The Corporation.
On Responsibility in the Private Sector, keynote speech by RayAnderson at Rethinking Development (GNH2) in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, June 22, 2005.
RayAnderson is a certified captain of industrial capitalism.
Anderson's thinking is so advanced, and the efforts at Interface are so far along, that Interface ranks as the most highly evolved big company in the country today.
Ray Berard is a senior vice president in interface's R&D division, overseeing a dozen efforts to design carpet and fabric that can be pulled apart and turned into carpet again.
Now, Ray has embarked on a mission to “be the first company that, by its deeds, shows the entire industrial world what sustainability is in all its dimensions: People, process, product, place and profits — by 2020 — and in doing so, to become restorative through the power of influence.
Ray was named a Senior Fellow and Leading Voice for Green and Sustainable Design by the Design Futures Council in 2003, and also received the IIDA Star Award.
Ray serves on the boards of The Natural Step, USA; The Georgia Conservancy; Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper; Ida Cason Callaway Foundation; Rocky Mountain Institute; the University of Texas Center for Sustainable Development, and is an honorary advisor to the President of Peking University.
Now Ray has embarked on a mission to make Interface a sustainable corporation by leading a worldwide war on waste and pioneering the processes of sustainable development.
Anderson recently received honorary doctorates from two respected universities, and in January, 2001, he took home the George and Cynthia Mitchell International Prize for Sustainable Development.
Anderson acknowledges there is still much work to be done, even within his own company.
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Anderson's molten sound and vocal inflections make him one of the most immediately recognizable players in jazz.
So the third night of the series, billed as "RayAnderson Plays and Sings the Blues," balanced a down-home blues feel against his irrepressible humor and his urge to stretch things to the breaking point.
Anderson danced and mugged with abandon but was all business when he solo'd, maintaining a blues feeling even when he pushed off farthest from the tune through masterful use of mutes, growling and moaning like a Delta blues player one minute and sweetly singing like a church chorus the next.
If Anderson had been born in a different time, he could easily have been one of those distinctive voices in Duke Ellington's band, so great is his command of his instrument.
Anderson is backed on this effort by a trio that includes Mark Helias on bass, Matt Wilson at the drum kit, and versatile guitarist Steve Salerno, who can turn in a lyrical solo one minute ("Green Eyes, Fireflies") and create a percussive edginess the next ("Bonemeal").
Though it's doubtful Anderson will ever be known primarily as a vocalist (or that he wishes to be), he sings and scats on this number with an exberance and jubilation worthy of Louis Armstrong.
A. RAY ANDERSON- ROAD CONSTRUCTION- SAN JOSE BIOGRAPHY(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A native son of Santa Clara County who has been associated with its progress during all his years, A. RayAnderson is well known for his constructive work on the highways of the county, adding greatly in the comfort and convenience of its inhabitants.
Anderson was a native of Nova Scotia, of English descent, and she also came to California by the Isthmus.
Anderson is a member of the Eagles and of San Jose Parlor, N. Many years ago his father purchased a ranch of 252 acres in the hills east of Berryessa, on the Berryessa Road, and Mr.
Since the days after his graduation from Georgia Institute of Technology as an industrial engineer, RayAnderson has quietly gone about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that has resulted in his building one of the world's largest commercial interior furnishings companies.
Ray learned the carpet trade through 14-plus years at various positions at Deering-Milliken and Callaway Mills, and in 1973, set about founding a company to produce the first free-lay carpet tiles in America.
Today, the company Ray founded is the world's largest producer of commercial carpet.
Online Ethics Center: Ray C. Anderson(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
RayAnderson has been called a born-again environmentalist.” He is an industrial engineer by training and is the founder, chairman, and chief operating officer of Interface, Inc., the largest commercial carpet manufacturer in the world.
Anderson has quickly become a world-renowned advocate for sustainable industry.
A 29-minute video from Pennsylvania's GreenWorks TV of Anderson discussing his environmental goals and the efforts at Interface to incorporate green building principles into their new structures.
Anderson, a virtuoso of multiphonics and a schoolmate of trombonist George Lewis, was one of the musicians who pushed the limits of the trombone after the neglect of the bebop years.
Anderson debuted on Oahspe (november 1978) in a trio with bassist Mark Helias and drummer Gerry Hemingway that was a slicker version of Barry Altschul's free-jazz trio (in which both Anderson and Helias were playing at the time).
Anderson's style at the instrument was a lot less cerebral than Lewis', and frequently downright ironic, reminiscent of New Orleans' marching bands, Chicago's rhythm'n'blues and California's funk-rock.
RayAnderson graduated from Fuller with a BD in 1959, and from the University of Edinburgh with a PhD in 1972, and has been teaching at Fuller since 1976.
Anderson is ordained in the Evangelical Free Church of America and has over 45 years of pastoral and teaching experience.
He believes that the practical side of theology should be emphasized and his lectures are informed by years of pastoral counseling.
Anderson Marine, Inc. is dedicated to promoting the enjoyment of boating, fishing and water sports by selling quality product lines and providing experienced, personal service at affordable prices.
Celebrating Anderson Marine's 24th Year, RayAnderson, President of Anderson Marine, Inc. knows the only way to succeed in the sales and service business is to keep Customer Satisfaction as the #1 goal and motivation.
Anderson Marine, Inc. is a "Best In Class" Full Line Yamaha 5 Star Service dealer.
After graduating from Georgia Institute of Technology in industrial engineering, RayAnderson guided his company, Interface, Inc., to become one of the worlds largest makers of interior furnishings.
In 1994, he then revolutionized the carpet and flooring industry by embarking on a mission to make Interface a sustainable corporation, leading a worldwide war on waste and pioneering the processes of sustainable development.
Anderson was named co-chairman of the Presidents Council on Sustainable Development in l997, and received the inaugural Millennium Award from Global Green, presented by Mikhail Gorbachev in September l996.
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Named five straight years as best trombonist in the Down Beat Critics Poll and declared "the most exciting slide brass player of his generation" by the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, RayAnderson has shown remarkable range.
Anderson attended the University of Chicago Lab School, where one of his classmates was another notable trombone original, George Lewis.
In 1973, Anderson moved to New York where he studied and played with composer and music theorist Jimmy Giuffre, joined drummer Barry Altschul's free-form trio and played for three years with the quartet of AACM saxophone hero Anthony Braxton.
After classical lessons beginning at 8 years of age, Anderson drifted towards concerts of the AACM, while also immersing himself in Chicago blues and funk bands.
After moving to New York in 1972, he regularly sat in with Mingus, worked with Barry Altschul's and Anthony Braxton's groups, and did freelance work in the NY Latin music scene.
Anderson takes the trombone to its expressive limits -- his upper range is incredible -- and he sometimes plays multiple notes at the same time -- by singing as he blows.
A boisterous trombonist who has greatly expanded the range of the trombone and is masterful at multi-phonics, RayAnderson's playing is often hilarious.
His main fault is a tendency to repeat the same joke over and over again, namely "look how high I...
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