Background
Fritsch, Frederick Norman was born on March 12, 1939 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Robert William and Dorothy Marie (Hansen) Fritsch.
consultant research mathematician
Fritsch, Frederick Norman was born on March 12, 1939 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Robert William and Dorothy Marie (Hansen) Fritsch.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1961; Master of Arts in Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1969.
Teaching assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1961-1962; computer programmer, Standard Oil Corporation, San Francisco, 1962; computer programmer, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, California, 1963; math programmer, technical writer, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, California, 1964-1969; mathematician, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1969-1982 83-; visiting professor, Drexel U., Philadelphia, 1982-1983. Technical consultant C. Abaci, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, since 1984. Associate editor Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Transactions on Mathematics Software, 1984-1990, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 1978-1981.
Member Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (nominating committee Northern California Section 1988), Association Computing Machinery and Special Interest Group on Numerical Mathematics (vice chairman 1981-1983).
Married Nancy Ann Newkirk, September 14, 1958. Children: Michael, Eric, Lisa.