Background
Ehrich, Fredric F. was born on December 17, 1928 in New York City. Son of William and Yetta (Benjamin) Ehrich.
Ehrich, Fredric F. was born on December 17, 1928 in New York City. Son of William and Yetta (Benjamin) Ehrich.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, l947; Master of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, l949; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, l95l; postgraduate, Technology Institute at Delft, l947-48.
Engineer, senior engineer, engineering supervisor Aircraft Gas Turbine division, Westinghouse Electric Company, Philadelphia, l95l-55; resident representative at Rolls Royce, Westinghouse Electric Company, Derby, England, l955-56; advisory engineer, Westinghouse Electric Company, Kansas City, Missoury, l956-57; aerodynamics engineer aircraft engines, General Electric, Lynn, Massachusetts, l957-58; manager preliminary design, General Electric, Lynn, Massachusetts, l958-59; manager T64 engine design, General Electric, Lynn, Massachusetts, l959-63; manager design technical operations, General Electric, Lynn, Massachusetts, l963-69; manager technical and advanced product plans, General Electric, Lynn, Massachusetts, l969-82; construction engineering, staff engineer, General Electric, Lynn, Massachusetts, l982-93. Instructor Drexel Institute Technology, Philadelphia, l952-53, U. Kansas, Kansas City, l957.
Member education council Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, l983—. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman design engineering division 1972-1973, editor Journal Mechanical Design and Vibration 1979-1984), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (program chairman 1988). Member National Academy of Engineering, American Helicopter Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Joan Collier, September 5, l955. Children: Diane, Elliott, Noami.