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Article: Anderson's career orbits at Aerospace. (Aerospace Corp. CFO Margaret Anderson)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 19, 1995
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Margaret Anderson, CFO at Aerospace Corp., has worked within the system to become the highest-ranking woman at the government research firm
The turning point in Margaret Anderson's life occurred in 1972 when she was 32 and on a sailing trip from Vancouver to Hawaii on a 37-foot santana, a type of sailboat.
"We were in full sail and the spinnaker was up. We were rigged for light winds and I was at the helm when we suddenly hit a storm. It was a life-threatening situation. It was very scary with the boat being hit by waves from behind that reached two stories high. I was able to handle it though. I took the lead and didn't worry about it ... I got nervous when ...