Background
Elder, Fred Kingsley was born on October 19, 1921 in Coronado, California, United States. Son of Fred and Ethel S. (Tait) Elder.
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Fred Kingsley Elder
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Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. North Carolina, 1941; Master of Science in Physics, Yale University, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1947.
Career
Instructor,, Yale University, 1943-1944;
instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-1949;
physicist, National Bureau Standards, summer 1949;
assistant professor, U. Wyoming, 1949-1950;
senior physicist applied physics laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1950-1953;
associate professor physics, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1953-1955;
professor, chairman physics department and division natural science and mathematics, Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1955-1959;
research physicist, United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland., summers 1957-1959;
head research branch antisubmarine warfare laboratory, United States Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pennsylvania, 1959-1965;
professor physics, Rochester Institute Technology, New York, 1965-1991;
professor emeritus, Rochester Institute Technology, since 1991;
head department, Rochester Institute Technology, 1965-1972. Scientist Physics Research laboratories, Eastman Kodak Company, summer 1982. Honorary visiting lecturer physics Aston U., Birmingham, England, 1985-1986.
Visiting research fellow Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, England, 1985-1986.
Achievements
Membership
Scoutmaster, National Capital Area council Boy Scouts American, 1950-1953. Scoutmaster Central Indiana council, 1953-1955. Trustee Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, since 1960, secretary board of trustees, 1981-1983, member Executive Committee, 1965-1978.
Trustee Presbyterian Guardian Public Corporation, 1958-1979. Board directors Presbyterian Journal Corporation, 1979-1987, member Executive Committee, 1979-1984, member editorial committee, 1984-1987, member various denominational boards. Committees general assembly Orthodox Presbyterian Church, since 1952.
Trustee Great Commission Publs., since 1976, vice president, 1975-1976, 77-78, president 1978-1979, 86-87, 90-91, 92-93. Served to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1944-1946. Physicist United States Naval Research Laboratory Washington.
Member American Association Physics Teachers (vice chairman New York State section 1976-1978, chairman 1978-1982), Netherlands, American physical societies, American Geophysical Union, American Society for Engineering Education, Institute Physics (Great Britain), Franklin Institute, United States Naval Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Elinor Jean Goertz, July 5, 1947. Children: Nancy Elisabeth Elder Backus, Jessie Custer Elder James, Jacqueline Lesesne Elder Shafer, Elinor Tait Elder Powell, Lydia Jean Elder Archer, Robert Abraham, Mary Grace Elder Graham, John Philip.
- Father:
- Fred Elder
- Mother:
- Ethel S. (Tait) Elder
- Spouse:
- Elinor Jean Goertz
- child:
- Elinor Tait Elder Powell Elder
- child:
- Jacqueline Lesesne Elder Shafer Elder
- child:
- Robert Abraham Elder
- child:
- Jessie Custer Elder James Elder
- child:
- John Philip Elder
- child:
- Lydia Jean Elder Archer Elder
- child:
- Mary Grace Elder Graham Elder
- child:
- Nancy Elisabeth Elder Backus Elder
