UNITED STATES
SECURITES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
Check here is Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number.
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Pittenger & Anderson, Inc.
Address: 5533 S. 27th, Suite 201
Lincoln, NE 68512
13F File Number: 28-6252
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct adn complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: James S. Pittenger, Jr.
Title: President
Phone: 402-328-8800
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
James S. Pittenger, Jr. Lincoln, Nebraska November 11, 1999
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
none
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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ALLIED SIGNAL INC COM 019512102 460 7675 SH SOLE 7675
ALLSTATE CORP COM 020002101 938 37600 SH SOLE 37600
ALLTEL CORP COM 020039103 809 11496 SH SOLE 11496
ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO INC COM 035229103 1511 21560 SH SOLE 21560
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COM 039483102 123 10162 SH SOLE 10162
AT&T CORP COM 001957109 7268 167090 SH SOLE 167090
BANK ONE CORP COM 059438101 604 17354 SH SOLE 17354
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC COM 084670108 6710 122 SH SOLE 122
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B COM 084670207 251 135 SH SOLE 135
BP AMOCO PLC COM 703 6345 SH SOLE 6345
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COM 110122108 1374 20360 SH SOLE 20360
CATERPILLAR COM 149123101 8820 160907 SH SOLE 160907
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO COM 808513105 4137 123722 SH SOLE 123722
CHASE MANHATTAN COM 575 7633 SH SOLE 7633
CHEVRON CORP COM 166751107 2623 29558 SH SOLE 29558
CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275R102 3381 49315 SH SOLE 49315
CITIGROUP INC COM 5875 133517 SH SOLE 133517
CONAGRA INC COM 205887102 8593 380852 SH SOLE 380852
DAYTON HUDSON CORP COM 239753106 2634 43847 SH SOLE 43847
DELL COMPUTER CORP COM 247025109 3577 85550 SH SOLE 85550
DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS COM 247126105 195 12134 SH SOLE 12134
DIGITAL INFO & VIRTUAL ACCESS COM 253853204 23 73000 SH SOLE 73000
DU PONT (E.I.) DE NEMOURS COM 263534109 4850 80171 SH SOLE 80171
E M C CORP COM 268648102 3306 46315 SH SOLE 46315
EASTMAN KODAK CO COM 277461109 1924 25437 SH SOLE 25437
ENRON CORP COM 293561106 4966 120936 SH SOLE 120936
EXXON CORP COM 302290101 8191 107773 SH SOLE 107773
FANNIE MAE COM 313586109 1748 27890 SH SOLE 27890
FIRST COMMERCE BANCSHARES CL B COM 319777207 286 13770 SH SOLE 13770
FISERV INC COM 337738108 177032 5447141 SH SOLE 5447141
FORD MOTOR CO COM 345370100 8603 171204 SH SOLE 171204
FREDDIE MAC COM 313400301 1603 30830 SH SOLE 30830
GANNETT INC COM 364730101 296 4285 SH SOLE 4285
GATEWAY INC COM 367833100 5298 120420 SH SOLE 120420
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 11096 93590 SH SOLE 93590
GENERAL MOTORS CORP COM 370442105 7953 126367 SH SOLE 126367
GILLETTE CO COM 375766102 4053 119422 SH SOLE 119422
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO COM 382550101 3002 62378 SH SOLE 62378
HEINZ (H.J.) CO COM 423074103 1676 38975 SH SOLE 38975
HEWLETT-PACKARD CO COM 428236103 2706 29821 SH SOLE 29821
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 2975 43355 SH SOLE 43355
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 10127 136271 SH SOLE 136271
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE COM 459200101 10740 88757 SH SOLE 88757
J.P. MORGAN & CO COM 616880100 6220 54446 SH SOLE 54446
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 2800 30480 SH SOLE 30480
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS COM 52729N100 8045 154071 SH SOLE 154071
LOWES COMPANIES INC COM 2876 58990 SH SOLE 58990
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 9029 139173 SH SOLE 139173
MCI WORLDCOM INC COM 98155K102 217 3013 SH SOLE 3013
MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 6202 95696 SH SOLE 95696
MERRILL LYNCH & CO COM 590188108 5498 81599 SH SOLE 81599
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 2409 26595 SH SOLE 26595
MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURI COM 604059105 5274 54906 SH SOLE 54906
MOBIL CORP COM 607059102 1770 17564 SH SOLE 17564
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER COM 617446448 13265 148728 SH SOLE 148728
PFIZER INC COM 717081103 4180 116508 SH SOLE 116508
PHILIP MORRIS COS INC COM 718154107 203 5946 SH SOLE 5946
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 1403 14965 SH SOLE 14965
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS COM 291 9860 SH SOLE 9860
ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM NY SHARE COM 780257804 247 4185 SH SOLE 4185
SCICLONE PHARMACEUTICALS COM 169 100000 SH SOLE 100000
SPRINT CORP COM 852061100 3737 68877 SH SOLE 68877
THE WALT DISNEY CO COM 254687106 590 22694 SH SOLE 22694
U.S. BANCORP COM 902973106 307 10175 SH SOLE 10175
U.S. EXPLORATION INC COM 91182F303 1364 1283818 SH SOLE 1283818
UNILEVER NV NY SHARES COM 904784501 265 3896 SH SOLE 3896
UNION CARBIDE CORP COM 905581104 1506 26510 SH SOLE 26510
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES COM 913017109 1682 28358 SH SOLE 28358
WAL-MART STORES INC COM 931142103 7887 165822 SH SOLE 165822
WALGREEN CO COM 931422109 7397 291509 SH SOLE 291509
WARNER LAMBERT CO COM 934488107 1198 18055 SH SOLE 18055
WELLS FARGO CO COM 949746101 3431 86578 SH SOLE 86578
XEROX CORP COM 984121103 230 5480 SH SOLE 5480
AMERICAN CENTURY - 20TH INVS U MF 560 15661.877SH SOLE 15661.877
FIDELITY ADVISOR INST EQUITY G MF 2219 34787.835SH SOLE 34787.835
FIDELITY VALUE FUND MF 311 6156.080 SH SOLE 6156.080
JANUS INVT FD SH BEN INT MF 210 5300.443 SH SOLE 5300.443
SCHWAB 1000 FUND - SELECT MF 896 25705.674SH SOLE 25705.674
SCHWAB INTL INDEX FUND - SELEC MF 567 33247.735SH SOLE 33247.735
SCHWAB SMALL CAP INDEX FUND - MF 811 47389.586SH SOLE 47389.586
SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES INC MF 755 22980.131SH SOLE 22980.131
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 81
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $439,636
List of Other Included Managers:
none
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