Background
Haddock,, Frederick Theodore was born on May 31, 1919 in Independence, Missouri, United States. Son of Fred Theodore Senior and Helen (Sea) Haddock.
Haddock,, Frederick Theodore was born on May 31, 1919 in Independence, Missouri, United States. Son of Fred Theodore Senior and Helen (Sea) Haddock.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1941. Master of Science, University Maryland, 1950. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rhodes College, Memphis, 1965.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Ripon College, Wisconsin, 1966.
Physicist United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1941-1956. Associate professor electrical engineering and astronomy University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1956-1959, professor electrical engineering, 1959-1967, professor astronomy, 1959-1988, professor emeritus, 1988—2009. Lecturer radio astronomy Jodrell Bank University Manchester, England, 1962.
Visiting associate radio astronomy California Institute of Technology, 1966. Visiting lecturer Raman Institute, Bangalore, India, 1978. Senior consultant National Radio Astronomical Observatory, West Virginia, 1960-1961.
Founder, director University Michigan Radio Astronomical Observatory, 1961-1984.
Member Union Radio Science International, national chairman commission on radio astronomy, 1954-1957. Trustee Associated Universities, Inc., 1964-1968. Principal investigator, five Orbiting Geophysical Observatories, 1960-1974, and Interplanetary Probe 9, 1964-1977.
Co-investigator on Voyager planetary probes, 1970-1986, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington. Member astronomy advisory panel National Science Foundation, Washington, 1957-1960, 63-66. With United States Navy, 1944-1945.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), American Astronomical Society (vice president 1961-1963). Member International Astronomical Union (commission on radio astronomy 1948-2009), National Academy of Sciences (advisory panel astronomy facilities 1962-1964), American Institute of Architects (honorary member Huron Valley chapter 1980-2009), Sigma Xi (past president University Michigan chapter 1956-2009).
Married Margaret Pratt, June 24, 1941 (divorced September 1976). Children: Thomas Frederick, Richard Marshall. Married Deborah J. Fredericks, December 7, 2003.