Jeff Anderson of Anderson Memorials in Austin and Rochester was recently elected president of the American Institute of Commemorative Art at the Institute’s annual convention held in Kansas City, Missouri.

Anderson is a fourth-generation memorialist. His great-grandfather started the business in 1870, and it is one of the oldest businesses in the Austin and Rochester area. Anderson is a commemorative artist and a certified memorialist.

Anderson and his firm have won more than 30 national and international awards for design, workmanship and public relations.

Anderson works with marble, glass, bronze and wood. He has commemorative pieces scattered throughout cemeteries and public places in Minnesota, Iowa and other parts of the United States.

For more information on Jeff Anderson or the American Institute of Commemorative Art, visit www.andersonmemorialsinc.com or www.monuments-aica.com.