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Ray C. Anderson (July 28, 1934 – August 8, 2011) was founder and chairman of Interface Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of modular carpet for commercial and residential applications and a leading producer of commercial broadloom and commercial fabrics. He was "known in environmental circles for his advanced and progressive stance on industrial ecology and sustainability."1 Anderson died on August 8, 2011, twenty months after being diagnosed with cancer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= RIP, sustainability pioneer Ray Anderson )〕 On July 28, 2012, Anderson’s family re-launched the Ray C. Anderson Foundation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Remembering a Visionary—The Ray C Anderson Foundation )〕 with a new purpose. Originally created to fund Ray Anderson’s personal philanthropic giving, family members announced the rebirth and refocus of the Foundation on Anderson’s birthday, nearly one year after his 2011 death. The purpose of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation is to perpetuate shared values and continue the legacy that Anderson left behind. The Ray C. Anderson Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to create a brighter, sustainable world through the funding of innovative projects that promote and advance the concepts of sustainable production and consumption. ==Life and career== Anderson was an honors graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in the school of industrial and systems engineering in 1956. He learned the carpet trade through more than 14 years at Deering, Milliken & Company and Callaway Mills. Anderson founded Interface in 1973 to produce the first free-lay carpet tiles in America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Company History )〕 Interface is one of the world’s largest producers of modular commercial floorcoverings, with sales in 110 countries and manufacturing facilities on four continents.〔(Georgia Tech Interface )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ray Anderson (entrepreneur)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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