David Milton Fradkin

Background

Fradkin, David Milton was born on April 20, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Aaron and Annie (Gordon) Fradkin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1963.

Career

Exploitation engineer, Shell Oil Corporation, Los Angeles, 1954-1956; research associate, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa., 1963-1964; North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellow, U. Rome, 1964-1965; assistant professor physics, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1965-1969; associate professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1969-1975; professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1975-1994; department chairman physics, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1981-1991; professor emeritus, since 1994. Delegate Argonne (Illinois) Universities Association, 1981-1983. Visiting fellow U. Durham, England, 1991-1992.

Achievements

• David Milton Fradkin has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice chairman advisory board Detroit public schools, 1972-1973. Trustee Detroit Science.Ctr., 1986-1994. Member American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Dorothea Edna Fairweather, November 25, 1959. Children: Lee, Mark, Steven.

Father:

Aaron Fradkin

Mother:

Annie (Gordon) Fradkin

Spouse:

Dorothea Edna Fairweather

child:

Mark Fradkin

child:

Lee Fradkin

child:

Steven Fradkin