Wyatt Anderson

Wyatt Wheaton Anderson (March 27, 1939 - 11 November 2023 ) was an American geneticist and evolutionary biologist. He is Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Genetics in the University of Georgia's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. He was also the dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences from 1992 until he stepped down in 2004. He has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1987, and is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Research Anderson is known for his research on the evolutionary genetics of Drosophila.

Personal life Anderson is married to Margaret Anderson, a statistician with whom he co-founded the Wyatt and Margaret Anderson Professorship in the Arts at UGA. The first recipient of this professorship was Frederick Burchinal in 2006. Together, they have 3 children and 4 grandchildren