Background
Hopkins, Frederick Mercer was born on June 8, 1895 in New York City. Son of Frederick Mercer and Cora Belle (Collins) Hopkins.
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Frederick Mercer Hopkins
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Student Columbia University, 1914-1917. Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1926. Graduate Air Corps Engineering School, 1932, Air Corps Tactical School, 1937, Command and General staff schedul, 1938.
Career
Commissioned Second lieutenant, Central America Reserve, 1918, advanced through grades to major general United States Air Force, 1947. Command pilot, combat observer, aircraft observer. Director observation flying Air Corps Advanced Flying School, 1924-1925.
Assistant professor military science and tactics New York University, 1926-1930.
Commandant Air Corps Engineering School, 1932-1936. Instructor Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Alabama, 1938-1940.
Chief, resources division, material and service Hdgrs. United States Army Air Corps, 1940-1945.
Commanding general Army and Navy Forces, Iwo Jima, 1945-1946, 20th Air Force, Guam, 1946, Pacific Air Service Command and Far East Air Materiel Command, Manila and Fuchu, Japan, 1946-1947.
Deputy commanding general operations Air Materiel Command, Dayton, Ohio, 1947-1951. Retired, 1951. General campaign chairman, vice president Cleveland chapter Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, 1954-1955, president, general campaign chairman, 1956. Vice chairman commerce and industry division Cleveland Community Chest, 1953-1956.
Member Mayor’s Traffic Safety Committee, aviation sub-committee Cleveland Department Portuguese Control, cadet selection board Civil Air Patrol.
Achievements
Membership
Member Mayor’s Traffic Safety Committee, aviation sub-committee Cleveland Department Portuguese Control, cadet selection board Civil Air Patrol. Fellow Institute Aeronautical. Sciences (vice chairman Cleveland-Akron section 1954-1955), Ohio Chamber of Commerce (director), Scabbard and Blade, Arnold Air Society, Tau Beta Pi, Iota Alpha, Sigma Nu.
Clubs: Mid-Day, Union (Cleveland).
Connections
Married Henrietta Marsh, September 9, 1920. Children: Henrietta Marsh Hopkins Jernigan, Frederick Mercer.
