Jon Anderson

Jon Peter Anderson (born October 12, 1949), is a lifelong Eugene, Oregon resident. He was a publisher and runner best known for winning the 1973 Boston Marathon. Anderson was a competitive long-distance runner from 1966 to 1984. He represented the United States as a member of the 1972 US Olympic track and field team.

In June 1981, Anderson won the Antwerp Marathon in Belgium in a time of 2:17:32, and later that year he won the Honolulu Marathon in Hawaii, where he was timed in 2:16:54. In his last year of competition at age 34, Anderson clocked his 2nd and 3rd fastest marathons, winning a June 1984 marathon in Sydney, Australia in 2:13:18 after placing 5th in 2:13:22 at the Beppu-Oita (Japan) Marathon earlier in the year. In his last race, in September 1984, he placed 4th at the Seoul (Korea) Marathon in 2:16:04 just prior to retiring from competitive running. He ran 21 marathons, finishing 16 of them in under 2:20:00.

In 1985, Anderson was inducted into Cornell University's Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Road Runners Club of America Hall of Fame, inducted in 2016. In addition, he is recognized at Nike's headquarters with a plaque along the company's Walk of Fame as the first Nike-sponsored athlete to win an event recognized world wide while wearing Nike shoes.

Achievements All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Professional career In 1974, Jon Anderson joined Random Lengths Publications, which publishes forest products market activity and price reports. He was named president and publisher in 1984–85 at the same time becoming the sole owner after 60 years of Anderson family ownership. He sold the company in 2018 to London-based Euromoney Institutional Investors. He retired at that time. He served on the University of Oregon Foundation Board of Trustees from 2005 to 2015. Anderson is currently the president of the Eugene Civic Alliance, a non-profit raising funds to redevelop the Civic Park site in Eugene.