Jay Anderson of Lancaster PA passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 5th, 2024. He is survived by his loving wife Patricia, his son Chris (Julie), his daughter Brenda (Dwight), his son Brian (Elizabeth), his son Andrew (Kara), 9 grandchildren, and one great grandchild.

Jay was an honors student in high school and graduated a year early. He attended Swarthmore College where he also graduated with honors. He received a scholarship to Harvard University for graduate school and wrote his PhD on nuclear magnetic resonance at 23 years of age.

Jay began his life-long academic career at 23 as an assistant professor of physical chemistry at Bryn Mawr College, where he went on to achieve tenure as a professor in Chemistry. There he wrote two textbooks, and dozens of published papers. His "Introduction to Quantum Chemistry" is still in print today. Later at Bryn Mawr, he went on to become the founder of the Computer Science department and achieved tenure once again. His sabbatical trips while at Bryn Mawr included a year at MIT in Boston, researching and writing on a large project that culminated in a book, "The Limits to Growth". He also worked for a year at Hewlett Packard in Cupertino California, programming in the computer graphics department

He went on to teach at Franklin & Marshall College, in computer science, and once again achieved tenure. He was awarded two year-long Fullbright Distinguished Scholar Lectureships, and a 2 month Senior Specialist Lectureship to Innsbruck Austria, one of the first of its kind. His sabbaticals included trips with his wife Patricia to teach and work in Prague, and later Vienna. Before retiring, he was awarded the Barshinger endowed chair of Computer Science.

Jay was an avid bicyclist. In 1976 he led a group of 12 on an 80-day trip across the country. He had many adventures by bicycle throughout the years, some solo, later with his children, later still with his grandchildren. He enjoyed discovering and showing his family parts of America and Europe, they might not have seen otherwise, from the vantage of two wheels on the road.

In addition to teaching, he was a prolific app developer and programmer for the iPhone and iPad. One of his first was "iTalk" for the Moog center for Deaf children. He made many other apps long into his retirement.

Jay enjoyed opera, symphony, and all sorts of theater. He had an active church presence and participation on the clergy. He spent his retirement with his family and continued to travel and have great adventures.

He will be missed in the community, and by his former students and faculty, as well as his large circle of friends and family.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra in Jay's name: https://www.lancastersymphony.org/donate

A memorial service will be held at St Thomas Episcopal Church 301 St Thomas Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601 on January 11, 2025 at 1030am.