He was born October 15, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois, to Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Anderson. He graduated from Los Alamos High School in New Mexico in 1961. He married Alice Elaine Johnson on December 30, 1963, in Hobbs, New Mexico.
After graduating from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1969, Dr. Anderson received his masters in orthodontics in 1972. A member of the American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, South Plains District Dental Society, Dallas County District Dental Society, American Association of Orthodontists, American Cleft Palate Association, American Academy of Orofacial Pain, and the American Association of Dental Editors, his service to organized dentistry and his community was unparalleled.
Dr. Anderson was nominated for the Texas Academy of General Dentistry's 2004 Dentist of the Year Award and the American Association of Dental Editors Distinguished Dental Editor Award in 2005. The Texas Dental Association awarded him the 2004 Service Recognition Award for Incomparable Service for his work as editor of the Texas Dental Journal, the oldest, continuously-published dental journal in the Americas. Named editor in 1999, Dr. Anderson's issues and editorials in the Texas Dental Journal were examples of his leadership, addressing dental office medical emergencies, dental radiology, and the changing dental practice model. He received numerous awards from the International College of Dentists for outstanding dental journalism.
Dr. Anderson had unwavering dedication to the principles of continuing education. He was a clinical instructor and lecturer for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and he was extremely privileged to be the attending orthodontist on the university's cleft palate team for several decades.
His charitable services extended to the community, as he served on the South Plains Boy Scouts Council Eagle Review Board and District Camping Committee. He was also active in the Christian Life Center and Christian Resource Center of Lubbock.
He was joined in death by his wife Elaine. Survivors include a daughter, Eugenia Aline, and her husband Brian Book of Lubbock; a son, Jonathan Christopher, and his wife Elizabeth of Seattle, Washington; two grandchildren, Braeden Christopher Book of Lubbock and Brynton Westlee Anderson of Seattle, Washington; his father, Dr. Ernest Carl Anderson of Chula Vista, California; and a sister, Julie Schultz of Chula Vista, California.
Dr. Anderson will be greatly missed by his family, friends and the dental community. He was a man of impeccable character, generosity and faith. He leaves behind the best of himself in the people he loved and served.
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Christopher Anderson, 65, a prominent orthodontist, along with his wife Elaine, 65, was found shot and dead at their home by a daughter. His mother-in-law, Alice Johnson, 84, was also found dead next door about the same time by a home health worker. It is suspected that it may be a murder-suicide.
No determination will be made until autopsies have been completed.
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A prominent Lubbock orthodontist apparently shot his wife and mother-in-law to death with a rifle and then used the weapon to kill himself in a case that stunned the community early this year, autopsy reports The Avalanche-Journal obtained on Monday indicate.
Christopher Anderson, 65, his wife Elaine Anderson, also 65, and his mother-in-law, Alice Johnson, 84, were found dead Jan. 19 in their adjacent homes on Lubbock County Road 6500.
Anderson, an award-winning orthodontist and lecturer for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, reportedly had some financial troubles and left a suicide note near the bed where he and his wife were found dead, his autopsy report from the Lubbock County Medical Examiner's Office reads.
The women were each found with two gunshot wounds to the head. Anderson had a single gunshot wound, which entered his brain through his mouth, his autopsy report reads.
The orthodontist was found lying partially on his bed with a .22 caliber, single-shot rifle between his legs, according to the report.
Mrs. Anderson was found lying next to her husband face down, and the suicide note was at the foot of their bed. Alice Johnson - who authorities said lived in a house next door to the couple - also was found lying in her bed.
None of the bodies showed signs of a physical struggle, such as tissue or hair under fingernails or broken bones, according to the reports.
All three Lubbock residents had serious heart diseases, according to their autopsy reports. They were diagnosed with chronic atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which impacts a person's arteries.
Alice Johnson also had a history of dementia, according to her report.
The toxicology reports showed nothing abnormal, Carter said. Johnson's blood showed no signs of alcohol or drugs, though one of the women was on prescription medication, he said.
The Medical Examiner's Office did not release the toxicology reports to The A-J, saying they couldn't because an outside lab performed the tests.
The autopsies were completed Jan. 20, the day after the bodies were found, according to dates on the documents. Former Chief Medical Examiner Thomas Beaver signed the couple's autopsy reports on Feb. 6, and Johnson's report on Feb. 20.
Beaver left the office that month after issues surfaced with his license and the legality of the office, which had been operated by the Health Sciences Center for eight years, according to A-J archives.
After graduating from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1969, Dr. Anderson received his masters in orthodontics in 1972. A member of the American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, South Plains District Dental Society, Dallas County District Dental Society, American Association of Orthodontists, American Cleft Palate Association, American Academy of Orofacial Pain, and the American Association of Dental Editors, his service to organized dentistry and his community was unparalleled.
Dr. Anderson was nominated for the Texas Academy of General Dentistry's 2004 Dentist of the Year Award and the American Association of Dental Editors Distinguished Dental Editor Award in 2005. The Texas Dental Association awarded him the 2004 Service Recognition Award for Incomparable Service for his work as editor of the Texas Dental Journal, the oldest, continuously-published dental journal in the Americas. Named editor in 1999, Dr. Anderson's issues and editorials in the Texas Dental Journal were examples of his leadership, addressing dental office medical emergencies, dental radiology, and the changing dental practice model. He received numerous awards from the International College of Dentists for outstanding dental journalism.
Dr. Anderson had unwavering dedication to the principles of continuing education. He was a clinical instructor and lecturer for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and he was extremely privileged to be the attending orthodontist on the university's cleft palate team for several decades.
His charitable services extended to the community, as he served on the South Plains Boy Scouts Council Eagle Review Board and District Camping Committee. He was also active in the Christian Life Center and Christian Resource Center of Lubbock.
He was joined in death by his wife Elaine. Survivors include a daughter, Eugenia Aline, and her husband Brian Book of Lubbock; a son, Jonathan Christopher, and his wife Elizabeth of Seattle, Washington; two grandchildren, Braeden Christopher Book of Lubbock and Brynton Westlee Anderson of Seattle, Washington; his father, Dr. Ernest Carl Anderson of Chula Vista, California; and a sister, Julie Schultz of Chula Vista, California.
Dr. Anderson will be greatly missed by his family, friends and the dental community. He was a man of impeccable character, generosity and faith. He leaves behind the best of himself in the people he loved and served.
___________________________
Christopher Anderson, 65, a prominent orthodontist, along with his wife Elaine, 65, was found shot and dead at their home by a daughter. His mother-in-law, Alice Johnson, 84, was also found dead next door about the same time by a home health worker. It is suspected that it may be a murder-suicide.
No determination will be made until autopsies have been completed.
_______________________________
A prominent Lubbock orthodontist apparently shot his wife and mother-in-law to death with a rifle and then used the weapon to kill himself in a case that stunned the community early this year, autopsy reports The Avalanche-Journal obtained on Monday indicate.
Christopher Anderson, 65, his wife Elaine Anderson, also 65, and his mother-in-law, Alice Johnson, 84, were found dead Jan. 19 in their adjacent homes on Lubbock County Road 6500.
Anderson, an award-winning orthodontist and lecturer for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, reportedly had some financial troubles and left a suicide note near the bed where he and his wife were found dead, his autopsy report from the Lubbock County Medical Examiner's Office reads.
The women were each found with two gunshot wounds to the head. Anderson had a single gunshot wound, which entered his brain through his mouth, his autopsy report reads.
The orthodontist was found lying partially on his bed with a .22 caliber, single-shot rifle between his legs, according to the report.
Mrs. Anderson was found lying next to her husband face down, and the suicide note was at the foot of their bed. Alice Johnson - who authorities said lived in a house next door to the couple - also was found lying in her bed.
None of the bodies showed signs of a physical struggle, such as tissue or hair under fingernails or broken bones, according to the reports.
All three Lubbock residents had serious heart diseases, according to their autopsy reports. They were diagnosed with chronic atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which impacts a person's arteries.
Alice Johnson also had a history of dementia, according to her report.
The toxicology reports showed nothing abnormal, Carter said. Johnson's blood showed no signs of alcohol or drugs, though one of the women was on prescription medication, he said.
The Medical Examiner's Office did not release the toxicology reports to The A-J, saying they couldn't because an outside lab performed the tests.
The autopsies were completed Jan. 20, the day after the bodies were found, according to dates on the documents. Former Chief Medical Examiner Thomas Beaver signed the couple's autopsy reports on Feb. 6, and Johnson's report on Feb. 20.
Beaver left the office that month after issues surfaced with his license and the legality of the office, which had been operated by the Health Sciences Center for eight years, according to A-J archives.
He was born October 15, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois, to Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Anderson. He graduated from Los Alamos High School in New Mexico in 1961. He married Alice Elaine Johnson on December 30, 1963, in Hobbs, New Mexico.
After graduating from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1969, Dr. Anderson received his masters in orthodontics in 1972. A member of the American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, South Plains District Dental Society, Dallas County District Dental Society, American Association of Orthodontists, American Cleft Palate Association, American Academy of Orofacial Pain, and the American Association of Dental Editors, his service to organized dentistry and his community was unparalleled.
Dr. Anderson was nominated for the Texas Academy of General Dentistry's 2004 Dentist of the Year Award and the American Association of Dental Editors Distinguished Dental Editor Award in 2005. The Texas Dental Association awarded him the 2004 Service Recognition Award for Incomparable Service for his work as editor of the Texas Dental Journal, the oldest, continuously-published dental journal in the Americas. Named editor in 1999, Dr. Anderson's issues and editorials in the Texas Dental Journal were examples of his leadership, addressing dental office medical emergencies, dental radiology, and the changing dental practice model. He received numerous awards from the International College of Dentists for outstanding dental journalism.
Dr. Anderson had unwavering dedication to the principles of continuing education. He was a clinical instructor and lecturer for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and he was extremely privileged to be the attending orthodontist on the university's cleft palate team for several decades.
His charitable services extended to the community, as he served on the South Plains Boy Scouts Council Eagle Review Board and District Camping Committee. He was also active in the Christian Life Center and Christian Resource Center of Lubbock.
He was joined in death by his wife Elaine. Survivors include a daughter, Eugenia Aline, and her husband Brian Book of Lubbock; a son, Jonathan Christopher, and his wife Elizabeth of Seattle, Washington; two grandchildren, Braeden Christopher Book of Lubbock and Brynton Westlee Anderson of Seattle, Washington; his father, Dr. Ernest Carl Anderson of Chula Vista, California; and a sister, Julie Schultz of Chula Vista, California.
Dr. Anderson will be greatly missed by his family, friends and the dental community. He was a man of impeccable character, generosity and faith. He leaves behind the best of himself in the people he loved and served.
___________________________
Christopher Anderson, 65, a prominent orthodontist, along with his wife Elaine, 65, was found shot and dead at their home by a daughter. His mother-in-law, Alice Johnson, 84, was also found dead next door about the same time by a home health worker. It is suspected that it may be a murder-suicide.
No determination will be made until autopsies have been completed.
_______________________________
A prominent Lubbock orthodontist apparently shot his wife and mother-in-law to death with a rifle and then used the weapon to kill himself in a case that stunned the community early this year, autopsy reports The Avalanche-Journal obtained on Monday indicate.
Christopher Anderson, 65, his wife Elaine Anderson, also 65, and his mother-in-law, Alice Johnson, 84, were found dead Jan. 19 in their adjacent homes on Lubbock County Road 6500.
Anderson, an award-winning orthodontist and lecturer for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, reportedly had some financial troubles and left a suicide note near the bed where he and his wife were found dead, his autopsy report from the Lubbock County Medical Examiner's Office reads.
The women were each found with two gunshot wounds to the head. Anderson had a single gunshot wound, which entered his brain through his mouth, his autopsy report reads.
The orthodontist was found lying partially on his bed with a .22 caliber, single-shot rifle between his legs, according to the report.
Mrs. Anderson was found lying next to her husband face down, and the suicide note was at the foot of their bed. Alice Johnson - who authorities said lived in a house next door to the couple - also was found lying in her bed.
None of the bodies showed signs of a physical struggle, such as tissue or hair under fingernails or broken bones, according to the reports.
All three Lubbock residents had serious heart diseases, according to their autopsy reports. They were diagnosed with chronic atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which impacts a person's arteries.
Alice Johnson also had a history of dementia, according to her report.
The toxicology reports showed nothing abnormal, Carter said. Johnson's blood showed no signs of alcohol or drugs, though one of the women was on prescription medication, he said.
The Medical Examiner's Office did not release the toxicology reports to The A-J, saying they couldn't because an outside lab performed the tests.
The autopsies were completed Jan. 20, the day after the bodies were found, according to dates on the documents. Former Chief Medical Examiner Thomas Beaver signed the couple's autopsy reports on Feb. 6, and Johnson's report on Feb. 20.
Beaver left the office that month after issues surfaced with his license and the legality of the office, which had been operated by the Health Sciences Center for eight years, according to A-J archives.
After graduating from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1969, Dr. Anderson received his masters in orthodontics in 1972. A member of the American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, South Plains District Dental Society, Dallas County District Dental Society, American Association of Orthodontists, American Cleft Palate Association, American Academy of Orofacial Pain, and the American Association of Dental Editors, his service to organized dentistry and his community was unparalleled.
Dr. Anderson was nominated for the Texas Academy of General Dentistry's 2004 Dentist of the Year Award and the American Association of Dental Editors Distinguished Dental Editor Award in 2005. The Texas Dental Association awarded him the 2004 Service Recognition Award for Incomparable Service for his work as editor of the Texas Dental Journal, the oldest, continuously-published dental journal in the Americas. Named editor in 1999, Dr. Anderson's issues and editorials in the Texas Dental Journal were examples of his leadership, addressing dental office medical emergencies, dental radiology, and the changing dental practice model. He received numerous awards from the International College of Dentists for outstanding dental journalism.
Dr. Anderson had unwavering dedication to the principles of continuing education. He was a clinical instructor and lecturer for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and he was extremely privileged to be the attending orthodontist on the university's cleft palate team for several decades.
His charitable services extended to the community, as he served on the South Plains Boy Scouts Council Eagle Review Board and District Camping Committee. He was also active in the Christian Life Center and Christian Resource Center of Lubbock.
He was joined in death by his wife Elaine. Survivors include a daughter, Eugenia Aline, and her husband Brian Book of Lubbock; a son, Jonathan Christopher, and his wife Elizabeth of Seattle, Washington; two grandchildren, Braeden Christopher Book of Lubbock and Brynton Westlee Anderson of Seattle, Washington; his father, Dr. Ernest Carl Anderson of Chula Vista, California; and a sister, Julie Schultz of Chula Vista, California.
Dr. Anderson will be greatly missed by his family, friends and the dental community. He was a man of impeccable character, generosity and faith. He leaves behind the best of himself in the people he loved and served.
___________________________
Christopher Anderson, 65, a prominent orthodontist, along with his wife Elaine, 65, was found shot and dead at their home by a daughter. His mother-in-law, Alice Johnson, 84, was also found dead next door about the same time by a home health worker. It is suspected that it may be a murder-suicide.
No determination will be made until autopsies have been completed.
_______________________________
A prominent Lubbock orthodontist apparently shot his wife and mother-in-law to death with a rifle and then used the weapon to kill himself in a case that stunned the community early this year, autopsy reports The Avalanche-Journal obtained on Monday indicate.
Christopher Anderson, 65, his wife Elaine Anderson, also 65, and his mother-in-law, Alice Johnson, 84, were found dead Jan. 19 in their adjacent homes on Lubbock County Road 6500.
Anderson, an award-winning orthodontist and lecturer for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, reportedly had some financial troubles and left a suicide note near the bed where he and his wife were found dead, his autopsy report from the Lubbock County Medical Examiner's Office reads.
The women were each found with two gunshot wounds to the head. Anderson had a single gunshot wound, which entered his brain through his mouth, his autopsy report reads.
The orthodontist was found lying partially on his bed with a .22 caliber, single-shot rifle between his legs, according to the report.
Mrs. Anderson was found lying next to her husband face down, and the suicide note was at the foot of their bed. Alice Johnson - who authorities said lived in a house next door to the couple - also was found lying in her bed.
None of the bodies showed signs of a physical struggle, such as tissue or hair under fingernails or broken bones, according to the reports.
All three Lubbock residents had serious heart diseases, according to their autopsy reports. They were diagnosed with chronic atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which impacts a person's arteries.
Alice Johnson also had a history of dementia, according to her report.
The toxicology reports showed nothing abnormal, Carter said. Johnson's blood showed no signs of alcohol or drugs, though one of the women was on prescription medication, he said.
The Medical Examiner's Office did not release the toxicology reports to The A-J, saying they couldn't because an outside lab performed the tests.
The autopsies were completed Jan. 20, the day after the bodies were found, according to dates on the documents. Former Chief Medical Examiner Thomas Beaver signed the couple's autopsy reports on Feb. 6, and Johnson's report on Feb. 20.
Beaver left the office that month after issues surfaced with his license and the legality of the office, which had been operated by the Health Sciences Center for eight years, according to A-J archives.
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