Background
Shepherd, Freeman Daniel was born on June 7, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Freeman D. and Cora I. (Donnelly) Shepherd.
Shepherd, Freeman Daniel was born on June 7, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Freeman D. and Cora I. (Donnelly) Shepherd.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Elec. Engineering, Northeastern U., 1965.
Student trainee, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1956-1959; electronic scientist, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, 1959-1975; division chief, supervisory physicist, Rome Air Development Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, 1975-1991; senior scientist, Infrared Arrays & Sensors, Rome Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, since 1991. Chairman advisory electrical technical panel Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts, since 1982. Member passive sensing steering group Department Defense, since 1986.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Harry Diamond award 1992), International Society for Optical Engineering. Member Sigma Xi.
Married Carol A. Smith, January 11, 1959. Children: Freeman III, Suzanne, Mark.