Background
Sanders, Fred Joseph was born on June 18, 1928 in Tulsa. Son of Charles Frederick and Mary Ethel (White) Sanders.
Sanders, Fred Joseph was born on June 18, 1928 in Tulsa. Son of Charles Frederick and Mary Ethel (White) Sanders.
Associate of Arts, Spartan College, 1947. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, St. Louis University, 1961.
Design engineer, McDonnell Aircraft Company, St. Louis, 1947-1966; program manager, Skylab Program, McDonnell Douglas, Huntington Beach, California, 1967-1974; director product development, McDonnell Douglas, Huntington Beach, 1975-1976; vice president, McDonnell Douglas, Huntington Beach, 1977-1984; vice president, general manager, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, St. Louis, 1985-1988; retired, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, St. Louis, 1988.
Served as corporal United States Army, 1954-1956. Associate fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Married Marceline Frances Shaw, May 19, 1951. 1 son, Fred William.