THIS THURSDAY'S SPEAKER:
DR. TRAVIS ANDERSON
Professor of Philosophy at BYU
Travis Anderson grew up in the foothills of San Jose, California, and spent every waking hour outside of school climbing trees, fishing, swimming, hiking, and biking far and wide–always with his dog running alongside. Summers were spent picking apricots and cherries, pouring cement, and delivering newspapers from bags hung over the banana-seat of a high-handlebar bicycle. High school added science projects, cross-country running, and pole-vaulting to the list of priorities (and a trip to the public library one summer introduced him to Plato). Missionary service in the wilds of coastal and central Mexico interrupted an undergraduate education at BYU, where he began his studies as a pre-med student before coming to his senses and changing his major to studio art, later adding philosophy as a second major. He worked his way toward a summa cum laude graduation with honors by operating heavy equipment, building bridges, and framing houses–and attending a few classes. It was during graduate school Chicago that he discovered the pleasures of teaching philosophy–first, at BYU during a summer away from the city, and later at Loyola when he qualified for a teaching fellowship. With a PhD and a lovely wife (Diane Hixson) in hand, he traded in his footloose life for a job, a house, and a minivan (but some really great kids came with the van).
Outside his office, Dr. Anderson spends his free time gardening, skiing, hiking, and painting landscapes of Southern Utah. Inside his office (when he’s not preparing to teach marvelous BYU students), he spends his time wishing he were outside his office–gardening, hiking, painting.
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