From 1941 until his retirement in 1969, Benjamin Anderson was Head Teacher Educator at Fort Valley State College, now Fort Valley State University. Mr. Anderson had served as teacher of Vocational Agriculture in Brooks County. He and his wife moved to Fort Valley where he taught Vocational Agriculture and served as school principal. Mr. Anderson

taught Agriculture Education at Blakely from 1935 until 1937. He transferred to Brooks County Training School in July of 1937. In 1942, Mr. Anderson was asked to come to Fort Valley to work on the state level to encourage farmers and New Farmers of America (NFA) members to do a better job of producing food. He was supervisor of this program for about four years. Anderson was also given the challenge of strengthening the NFA program. He did so by developing a statewide organizational program in terms of Federations-New Farmers of America with Georgia Association of New Farmers of America with their various Federations within the state.

Mr. Anderson was also appointed as Special Supervisor of OSYA (Out-of-School Rural Youth and Adults). This program was implemented in departments of Vocational Agriculture as a part of the National Defense Program.

A native of Alabama, Mr. Anderson received his training and B.S. Degree from Tuskegee Institute and his M.S. Degree from the University of Minnesota. He also did pre-doctoral study at Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Anderson was a key member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and was Superintendent of Sunday school at Trinity Baptist Church for twenty-five years. Mr. Anderson retired in 1969 and died in February of 1971.