Sir David Anderson was a Scottish

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 civil engineer

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 and lawyer

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Anderson was born in 1880 at Leven

Leven, Fife

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, Fife

Fife

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, Scotland

Scotland

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. In 1921, on his return from Army service, Anderson joined a partnership with fellow engineers Basil Mott and David Hay, forming the company Mott Hay and Anderson

Mott, Hay and Anderson

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. Mott, Hay and Anderson traded until 1989, when it merged with Sir M. MacDonald & Partners to form Mott MacDonald

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Anderson was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers

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for the November 1943 to November 1944 session.