Totton James Anderson; USC Political Scholar

Totton James Anderson, 83, professor emeritus of political science at USC and a well-known scholar in the field of California government and politics. Anderson served as chairman of the political science department for six years and as dean of the division of social sciences and communication in USC’s College of Letters, Arts and Sciences for two years. He was named to the state Constitutional Revision Commission in 1964 and served to 1973. Earlier, he had been a founding member of the Southern California Political Science Assn. After retiring in 1975, he became a political consultant and was instrumental in founding USC’s Emeriti Center. In La Jolla on Tuesday.