SECURITES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 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 February 10, 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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ALCOA INC COM 022249106 530 6385 SH SOLE 6385
ALLTEL CORP COM 020039103 1127 13624 SH SOLE 13624
ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO INC COM 035229103 1226 17305 SH SOLE 17305
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COM 039483102 122 10099 SH SOLE 10099
AT&T CORP COM 001957109 8270 162754 SH SOLE 162754
BANK ONE CORP COM 059438101 491 15338 SH SOLE 15338
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC COM 084670108 7069 126 SH SOLE 126
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B COM 084670207 254 139 SH SOLE 139
BP AMOCO PLC COM 753 12690 SH SOLE 12690
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COM 110122108 1483 23110 SH SOLE 23110
CATERPILLAR COM 149123101 7212 153242 SH SOLE 153242
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO COM 808513105 4650 121562 SH SOLE 121562
CHASE MANHATTAN COM 907 11673 SH SOLE 11673
CHEVRON CORP COM 166751107 1466 16928 SH SOLE 16928
CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275R102 7398 69055 SH SOLE 69055
CITIGROUP INC COM 8225 147693 SH SOLE 147693
CONAGRA INC COM 205887102 7816 344527 SH SOLE 344527
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP COM 532 5825 SH SOLE 5825
DAYTON HUDSON CORP COM 239753106 3262 44412 SH SOLE 44412
DELL COMPUTER CORP COM 247025109 4565 89505 SH SOLE 89505
DIGITAL INFO & VIRTUAL ACCESS COM 253853204 73 73000 SH SOLE 73000
DONALDSON LUFKIN & JENRETTE COM 431 8905 SH SOLE 8905
DU PONT (E.I.) DE NEMOURS COM 263534109 4127 62644 SH SOLE 62644
E M C CORP COM 268648102 7760 71030 SH SOLE 71030
ENRON CORP COM 293561106 7636 172071 SH SOLE 172071
EXXON MOBIL CORP COM 30231G102 10643 132107 SH SOLE 132107
FANNIE MAE COM 313586109 409 6550 SH SOLE 6550
FIRST COMMERCE BANCSHARES CL B COM 319777207 246 12499 SH SOLE 12499
FISERV INC COM 337738108 208739 5448331 SH SOLE 5448331
FORD MOTOR CO COM 345370100 8288 155464 SH SOLE 155464
FREDDIE MAC COM 313400301 1100 23370 SH SOLE 23370
GANNETT INC COM 364730101 349 4285 SH SOLE 4285
GATEWAY INC COM 367833100 6722 93285 SH SOLE 93285
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 13674 88360 SH SOLE 88360
GENERAL MOTORS CORP COM 370442105 8734 120161 SH SOLE 120161
GILLETTE CO COM 375766102 2446 59397 SH SOLE 59397
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO COM 382550101 1031 36748 SH SOLE 36748
HEINZ (H.J.) CO COM 423074103 1435 36050 SH SOLE 36050
HEWLETT-PACKARD CO COM 428236103 3528 31014 SH SOLE 31014
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 3971 57762 SH SOLE 57762
HONEYWELL INC COM 438506107 604 10475 SH SOLE 10475
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 11469 139331 SH SOLE 139331
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE COM 459200101 9659 89537 SH SOLE 89537
J.P. MORGAN & CO COM 616880100 6369 50300 SH SOLE 50300
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 3613 38750 SH SOLE 38750
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS COM 52729N100 12387 151286 SH SOLE 151286
LOWES COMPANIES INC COM 548661107 2902 48570 SH SOLE 48570
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 10219 136252 SH SOLE 136252
MCI WORLDCOM INC COM 98155K102 512 9655 SH SOLE 9655
MEDIA ONE GROUP INC COM 912889201 221 2872 SH SOLE 2872
MEDICAL DYNAMICS INC COM 29 30000 SH SOLE 30000
MEDTRONIC INC COM 271 7425 SH SOLE 7425
MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 7165 106636 SH SOLE 106636
MERRILL LYNCH & CO COM 590188108 5421 65064 SH SOLE 65064
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 4643 39765 SH SOLE 39765
MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURI COM 604059105 5776 59011 SH SOLE 59011
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER COM 617446448 21663 151758 SH SOLE 151758
NASDAQ 100 INDEX TRACKING STOC COM 2818 15421 SH SOLE 15421
NEXTLINK COMMUNICATIONS COM 203 2440 SH SOLE 2440
ORACLE CORP COM 68389x105 231 2057 SH SOLE 2057
PANJA INC COM COM 586 35500 SH SOLE 35500
PFIZER INC COM 717081103 4048 124788 SH SOLE 124788
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 1628 14860 SH SOLE 14860
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS COM 424 9860 SH SOLE 9860
ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM NY SHARE COM 780257804 558 9210 SH SOLE 9210
S B C COMMUNICATIONS COM 78387G103 1015 20813 SH SOLE 20813
SALESLOGIX CORP COM 1267 30854 SH SOLE 30854
SCHERING PLOUGH CORP COM COM 806605101 2710 63950 SH SOLE 63950
SCICLONE PHARMACEUTICALS COM 612 100000 SH SOLE 100000
SPECTRANETICS CORP COM 41 10500 SH SOLE 10500
SPRINT CORP COM 852061100 4640 68932 SH SOLE 68932
SPRINT PCS GROUP COM 852061506 293 2860 SH SOLE 2860
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC COM 866810104 2857 36895 SH SOLE 36895
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC COM 882508104 1908 19750 SH SOLE 19750
TYCO INTERNATIONAL COM 277 7110 SH SOLE 7110
U.S. BANCORP COM 902973106 206 8667 SH SOLE 8667
U.S. EXPLORATION INC COM 91182F303 963 1283818 SH SOLE 1283818
UNION CARBIDE CORP COM 905581104 865 12965 SH SOLE 12965
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES COM 913017109 1748 26898 SH SOLE 26898
WAL-MART STORES INC COM 931142103 10683 154546 SH SOLE 154546
WALGREEN CO COM 931422109 6542 223649 SH SOLE 223649
WARNER LAMBERT CO COM 934488107 1609 19640 SH SOLE 19640
WELLS FARGO CO COM 949746101 3457 85478 SH SOLE 85478
AMERICAN CENTURY - 20TH INVS U MF 738 16124.438SH SOLE 16124.438
FIDELITY ADVISOR INST EQUITY G MF 2542 34816.798SH SOLE 34816.798
FIDELITY VALUE FUND MF 270 6156.080 SH SOLE 6156.080
JANUS INVT FD SH BEN INT MF 232 5258.417 SH SOLE 5258.417
SCHWAB 1000 FUND - SELECT MF 1037 25761.414SH SOLE 25761.414
SCHWAB INTL INDEX FUND - SELEC MF 673 33247.735SH SOLE 33247.735
SCHWAB SMALL CAP INDEX FUND - MF 955 47389.586SH SOLE 47389.586
SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES INC MF 890 24853.670SH SOLE 24853.670
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 91
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $521,147
List of Other Included Managers:
none
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