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Morehead, Frederick Ferguson was born on July 30, 1929 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Son of Frederick Ferguson and Laura Hilda (Fox) Morehead.
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Frederick Ferguson Morehead
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Frederick Ferguson Morehead, American physical chemist. Board member, chair Aunt Bessies Open Door, Peekskill, New York, 1965-1975, Yorktown (New York) Outdoor Education, 1966-1985; cubmaster, assistant scout master BoyScouts American, Yorktown, 1967-1970; district leader Democratic Party, Yorktown, 1971-1975; active Heritage Village Ambulance Association, since 1997.
Education
Bachelor in Chemistry, Swarthmore College, 1950; Master of Science in Physical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1953.
Career
Assistant professor of chemistry, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1953-1954; staff research lamp division, General Electric, Cleveland, 1954-1959; staff group leader research division, International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1959-1988; advisory engineer, Semiconductor Research and Development Center, International Business Machines Corporation, East Fishkill, New York, 1988-1996; retired. Past member Electrochemical Society, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society.
Achievements
Membership
Board member, chair Aunt Bessies Open Door, Peekskill, New York, 1965-1975, Yorktown (New York) Outdoor Education, 1966-1985. Cubmaster, assistant scout master BoyScouts American, Yorktown, 1967-1970. District leader Democratic Party, Yorktown, 1971-1975.
Active Heritage Village Ambulance Association, since 1997.
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Married Nancy Jane Taylor, July 18, 1954 (divorced October 1997). Children: Laura Helen Gleeson, JamesFrederick, Elizabeth Ann Bella, John Taylor, Sarah Jane Barden. Married Joyce Haskel, May 17, 1998.
