Background
Jackson, Frederick Herbert was born on May 16, 1919 in New Haven. Son of Fred and Mary (Butler) Jackson.
Jackson, Frederick Herbert was born on May 16, 1919 in New Haven. Son of Fred and Mary (Butler) Jackson.
AB, Brown University, 1941. Doctor of Laws, Brown University, 1968. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1948.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1950.
Instructor, Marietta College, 1948-1949; assistant professor, Marietta College, 1949-1950; instructor, University of Illinois, 1950-1952; assistant professor, University of Illinois, 1952-1955; executive assistant, Carnegie Corporation New York, New York City, 1955-1957; executive associate, Carnegie Corporation New York, 1957-1964; assistant executive vice president, New York University, 1964-1966; vice president humanities and social science, New York University, 1966-1967; president, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1967-1967O; director, Committee on Institutional Cooperation Big Ten Universities and University of Chicago, 1970-1984. Board directors Paul Revere Variable Annuity Insurance Company, 1968-1991.
Active Republican Town Meeting, Westport, Connecticut, 1957-1959, 61-67. Trustee University Bridgeport, 1961-1971, life trustee, 1971-1990. Board directors Worcester Art Museum, 1968-1970, Paul Revere Courier Fund, 1971-1977, New Trier Citizen's League, 1983-1984.
Academy advisory committee Center for Study Democratic Institutions, 1975-1978. Commissioner Massachusetts History Commission, 1985-1997. Board directors Salisbury Singers, 1985-1993.
Vice president, 1987-1988, president, 1988-1991, 92-93, honorary director since 1993, Freeman Energy Corporation since 2008. Trustee Worcester History Museum, 1985-1988, vice president, 1986-1987. Trustee Performing Arts School Worcester, 1996-2001, chairman 1998-2001.
Tutor Literacy Volunteers of America, 1996-2000. President Willows of Westborough Retirement Community Residents Association, 2004-2005. Member American Antiquarian Society, Common Cause (vice chairman Illinois 1975-1977, 82-83), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Eleanor Stearns Whittemore, May 2, 1942. Children: Isabel S. Jackson Freeman, David L.