Editing Clinton Anderson (section)

==Early life and education==
Anderson was born in [[Centerville, South Dakota]], on October 23, 1895.<ref name=HD>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=James G.|title=Historical Dictionary of the 1940s|year=2006|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|location=Armonk, NY|isbn=978-0-7656-2107-8|pages=26|author2=Leonard C. Schlup}}<!--|access-date=7 December 2011--></ref> His parents were Andrew Jay and Hattie Belle Anderson (née Presba). He was educated in the public school system of [[South Dakota]] and attended [[Dakota Wesleyan University]] (1913–1915) and the [[University of Michigan]] (1915–1916) but did not receive a degree from either institution.