Frederic Carl Emil Oder

Background

Oder, Frederic Carl Emil was born on October 23, 1919 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Emil and Katherine Ellis (Pierce) Oder.

Education

Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1940. Master of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1952.

Career

Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army Air Force, 1941; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force, 1960; retired, 1960; assistant director and program manager for research and engineering, Apparatus and Optical division Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 1960-1966; with, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Sunnyvale, California, 1966-1991; vice president, assistant general manager division space systems, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, 1972-1973; vice president, general manager division space systems, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, 1973-1984; executive vice president, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, 1984-1985; consultant, 1985-1991. Member Defense Intelligence Agency Science Advisory Committee, 1972-1976, associate member, 1976-1978. Member Air Force Studies Board, Assembly Engineering, National Research Council, 1975-1979, Defense Science Board Summer Study, 1975, Review Panel, 1979, Space Applications Board, 1985-1988.

Achievements

• Frederic Carl Emil Oder has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace transportation executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member National Academy of Engineering, Masons, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Dorothy Gene Brumfield, July 2, 1941 (deceased January 2004). Children: Frederic E., Barbara Oder Debes, Richard W. Married Doris S. Parrish, September 24, 2005.

Father:

Emil Oder

Mother:

Katherine Ellis (Pierce) Oder

Spouse:

Dorothy Gene Brumfield

Spouse:

Doris S. Parrish

child:

Frederic E. Oder

child:

Richard W. Oder

child:

Barbara Oder Debes Oder