 He was a man with "unflinching self-confidence and willingness to risk all in his fight to upend the status quo," "Space News" stated in a tribute to Anselmo.He challenged the monopoly in satellite provision held by Intelsat in the 1980s, taking out full-page ads in the "Wall Street Journal" asking political leaders, including former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, to open up the satellite telecommunications market.He picked up the cause of planting daffodils in Greenwich, Connecticut, and left PanAmSat to his wife, Mary Anselmo.