UNITED STATES
SECURITES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2000
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 May 4, 2000
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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ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC COM 259 4810 SH SOLE 4810
ADOBE SYSTEMS INC COM 00724f101 2374 21330 SH SOLE 21330
ALCOA INC COM 022249106 566 8050 SH SOLE 8050
ALLTEL CORP COM 020039103 2622 41578 SH SOLE 41578
AMGEN INC COM 031162100 2000 32590 SH SOLE 32590
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COM 039483102 104 10099 SH SOLE 10099
AT&T CORP COM 001957109 9174 162917 SH SOLE 162917
ATMEL CORP COM 049513104 1178 22820 SH SOLE 22820
B2B INTERNET HOLDR's TRUST COM 467 6400 SH SOLE 6400
BANK ONE CORP COM 059438101 854 24847 SH SOLE 24847
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC COM 084670108 8008 140 SH SOLE 140
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B COM 084670207 253 139 SH SOLE 139
BIOGEN INC COM COM 090597105 1825 26115 SH SOLE 26115
BIOTECH HOLDR's TRUST COM 09067D201 1175 7400 SH SOLE 7400
BMC SOFTWARE INC COM 055921100 2889 58520 SH SOLE 58520
BP AMOCO PLC COM 582 10938 SH SOLE 10938
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COM 110122108 1456 25110 SH SOLE 25110
CATERPILLAR COM 149123101 1647 41765 SH SOLE 41765
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO COM 808513105 6834 119895 SH SOLE 119895
CHASE MANHATTAN COM 989 11349 SH SOLE 11349
CHEVRON CORP COM 166751107 1735 18768 SH SOLE 18768
CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275R102 10780 139430 SH SOLE 139430
CITIGROUP INC COM 172967101 10081 168364 SH SOLE 168364
CONAGRA INC COM 205887102 5660 312287 SH SOLE 312287
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP COM 2357 44840 SH SOLE 44840
DELL COMPUTER CORP COM 247025109 4855 90005 SH SOLE 90005
DIGITAL INFO & VIRTUAL ACCESS COM 253853204 169 135500 SH SOLE 135500
DONALDSON LUFKIN & JENRETTE COM 2219 42885 SH SOLE 42885
DU PONT (E.I.) DE NEMOURS COM 263534109 527 9948 SH SOLE 9948
E M C CORP COM 268648102 10573 83910 SH SOLE 83910
ENRON CORP COM 293561106 12702 169649 SH SOLE 169649
EXXON MOBIL CORP COM 30231G102 10848 139078 SH SOLE 139078
FIRST COMMERCE BANCSHARES CL B COM 319777207 719 20742 SH SOLE 20742
FISERV INC COM 337738108 202846 5454691 SH SOLE 5454691
FORD MOTOR CO COM 345370100 5358 116628 SH SOLE 116628
FREDDIE MAC COM 313400301 488 11050 SH SOLE 11050
GANNETT INC COM 364730101 217 3085 SH SOLE 3085
GATEWAY INC COM 367833100 5113 92970 SH SOLE 92970
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 18085 116212 SH SOLE 116212
GENERAL MOTORS CORP COM 370442105 7942 95909 SH SOLE 95909
GILLETTE CO COM 375766102 1642 43570 SH SOLE 43570
GM-HUGHES ELECTRONICS COM 1153 9265 SH SOLE 9265
HEWLETT-PACKARD CO COM 428236103 4223 31859 SH SOLE 31859
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 6794 105341 SH SOLE 105341
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 15959 120960 SH SOLE 120960
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE COM 459200101 10499 88784 SH SOLE 88784
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 3093 44025 SH SOLE 44025
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS COM 52729N100 15924 150577 SH SOLE 150577
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP COM 836 15205 SH SOLE 15205
LOWES COMPANIES INC COM 548661107 450 7710 SH SOLE 7710
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 10379 167410 SH SOLE 167410
MCI WORLDCOM INC COM 98155K102 545 12025 SH SOLE 12025
MEDIA ONE GROUP INC COM 912889201 233 2872 SH SOLE 2872
MEDTRONIC INC COM 202 3935 SH SOLE 3935
MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 6372 102570 SH SOLE 102570
MERRILL LYNCH & CO COM 590188108 6723 64033 SH SOLE 64033
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 6225 58590 SH SOLE 58590
MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURI COM 604059105 535 6044 SH SOLE 6044
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER COM 617446448 23872 288051 SH SOLE 288051
NASDAQ 100 INDEX TRACKING STOC COM 631100104 3721 33982 SH SOLE 33982
NEXTLINK COMMUNICATIONS COM 302 2440 SH SOLE 2440
NORTEL NETWORKS COM 1202 9540 SH SOLE 9540
ORACLE CORP COM 68389x105 1505 19285 SH SOLE 19285
PANJA INC COM COM 299 13000 SH SOLE 13000
PFIZER INC COM 717081103 3498 95673 SH SOLE 95673
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 965 17000 SH SOLE 17000
ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM NY SHARE COM 780257804 532 9210 SH SOLE 9210
S B C COMMUNICATIONS COM 78387G103 1214 28817 SH SOLE 28817
SALESLOGIX CORP COM 835 30854 SH SOLE 30854
SCHERING PLOUGH CORP COM COM 806605101 2246 60285 SH SOLE 60285
SCICLONE PHARMACEUTICALS COM 1540 100180 SH SOLE 100180
SOLECTRON CORP COM 5219 130064 SH SOLE 130064
SPRINT CORP COM 852061100 6767 107407 SH SOLE 107407
SPRINT PCS GROUP COM 852061506 339 5170 SH SOLE 5170
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC COM 866810104 5784 61725 SH SOLE 61725
TARGET CORP COM 87612e106 3288 43982 SH SOLE 43982
TELLABS INC COM 879664100 1555 24690 SH SOLE 24690
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC COM 882508104 3363 21020 SH SOLE 21020
THE WALT DISNEY CO COM 254687106 1580 38304 SH SOLE 38304
TYCO INTERNATIONAL COM 5105 101850 SH SOLE 101850
U.S. BANCORP COM 902973106 230 10499 SH SOLE 10499
U.S. EXPLORATION INC COM 91182F303 1122 1282818 SH SOLE 1282818
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES COM 913017109 346 5468 SH SOLE 5468
VODAFONE AIRTOUCH PLC SPONSORE COM 213 3830 SH SOLE 3830
WAL-MART STORES INC COM 931142103 9446 167190 SH SOLE 167190
WARNER LAMBERT CO COM 934488107 1856 19000 SH SOLE 19000
WELLS FARGO CO COM 949746101 3397 83358 SH SOLE 83358
AMERICAN CENTURY - 20TH INVS U MF 922 18778.492SH SOLE 18778.492
FIDELITY ADV GROWTH OPP CL I MF 315807883 543 11736.524SH SOLE 11736.524
FIDELITY ADVISOR INST EQUITY G MF 2739 34757.877SH SOLE 34757.877
JANUS FUND MF 294 6039.472 SH SOLE 6039.472
JANUS TWENTY FUND MF 452 5137.965 SH SOLE 5137.965
SCHWAB 1000 FUND MF 325 7785.084 SH SOLE 7785.084
SCHWAB 1000 FUND - SELECT MF 1075 25761.414SH SOLE 25761.414
SCHWAB INTL INDEX FUND - SELEC MF 666 33247.735SH SOLE 33247.735
SCHWAB SMALL CAP INDEX FUND - MF 1009 47389.586SH SOLE 47389.586
SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES INC MF 993 25493.698SH SOLE 25493.698
VANGUARD INDEX TR 500 PORTFOLI MF 310 2245.312 SH SOLE 2245.312
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 98
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $550,992
List of Other Included Managers:
none
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