Background
Hitchcock, Fred Andrews was born on October 30, 1889 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of George East(lisha) and Florence M. (Tucker) Hitchcock.
Hitchcock, Fred Andrews was born on October 30, 1889 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of George East(lisha) and Florence M. (Tucker) Hitchcock.
Bachelor of Philosophy Akron, 1912. Graduate study U. Chicago, 1916, Cambridge University, 1919, Carnegie Institution Nutrition Laboratory, 1933. Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1923, Doctor of Philosophy, 1926.
Chemist, photographer various companies, also actor Charles Coburn Players, 1912-1915. Instructor high schools, Ohio, 1915-1916, Western Military Academy, 1916-1917, high schools, Columbus, Ohio, 1919-1923. Faculty member Ohio State University, from 1923, assistant professor, 1928-1935, associate professor, 1935-1940, professor physiology, 1940-1960, professor physiology emeritus, from 1960, department chairman physiology, 1947-1949, organizer, director Laboratory Aviation Physiology.
Adjunct Professor physiology, Pahlevi University, Shiraz, Iran, 1963-1964.
Consultant Auco Corporation, from 1959. Research under contract Wright Field Aeronautical-Medical Laboratory (Air Force Research and Development Command), Office Naval Research, Office Surgeon General Army, National Safety Council.
Chairman of Commission organization Institute Research in Vision, Ohio State University Consultant aviation physiology and medicine Civil Aeronautics Administration. Director research program in cooperation with Civil Aeronautics Administration and commercial airlines.
Civilian Office Science Research and Development, committee medical research, 1941-1946.
Member International Physiological Congress, England, 1947, Denmark, 1950, Brussels, 1956, Buenos Aires, 1960. Served as Second lieutenant 323d Field Artillery, United States Army, Army of Occupation, France, Germany, 1917-1919. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronautical Society.
Member New York Academy of Science, also American Rocket Society, Brazilian Interplanetary Society (scientific council), American Physiological Society (council), Aeronautical-Medical Association, Space Medicine Society (president 1955-1956), New York Academy Science, American Astronautical Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Zoologists, American Institute Nutrition, Sigma Xi.
Member editorial board Journal Nutrition, 1942-1947, Journal Astronautics.
Married Mary Alice Rines, 1917.