Background
Haddock, Fred T. was born on May 31, 1919 in Independence, Missouri, United States. Son of Fred Theodore Senior and Helen (Sea) Haddock.
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Fred T. Haddock
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Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941; Master of Science, U. Maryland., 1950; Doctor of Science (honorary), Rhodes College, 1965; Doctor of Science (honorary), Ripon College, 1966.
Career
Physicist, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1941-1956;
associate professor electrical engineering and astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1956-1959;
professor electrical engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1959-1967;
professor astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1959-1988;
emeritus professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1988. Lecturer radio astronomy Jodrell Bank U. Manchester, England, 1962. Visiting associate radio astronomy California Institute Technology, 1966.
Visiting lecturer Raman Institute, Bangalore, India, 1978. Senior consultant National Radio Astronomical Observatory, West Virginia,1960-1961. Founder, director University of Michigan Radio Astronomical Observatory, 1961-1984.
Achievements
Membership
Member Union Radio Science International, national chairman commission on radio astronomy, 1954-1957. Trustee Associated Universities, Inc., 1964-1968. Principal investigator, five Orbiting Geophysical Observatories, 1960-1974, and InterplanetaryProbe 9, 1964-1977.
Co-investigator on Voyager planetary probes, 1970-1986, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington. Member astronomy advisory panel National Science Foundation, Washington, 1957-1960, 63-66. With United States Navy, 1944-1945.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), American Astronomical Society (vice president 1961-1963). Member International Astronomical Union (commission on radio astronomy since 1948), NAS (advisory panel astronomy facilities 1962-1964), American Institute of Architects (honorary member Huron Valley chapter since 1980), Sigma Xi (past president University of Michigan chapter since 1956).
Connections
Married Margaret Pratt, June 24, 1941 (divorced September 1976). Children: Thomas Frederick, Richard Marshall.
