Background
Fredrick, Laurence William was born on August 27, 1927 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ishmeal T. and Grace (Slider) Fredrick.
Fredrick, Laurence William was born on August 27, 1927 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ishmeal T. and Grace (Slider) Fredrick.
Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1952; Master of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1959.
Research assistant, Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1952-1956;
research associate, Flower and Cook Observatory, Malvern, Pennsylvania, 1957-1959;
astronomer, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1959-1963;
member of faculty, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1963-1995;
professor astromony, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1965-1995;
research professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1995;
professor, U. Vienna, Austria, 1972-1973. Consultant in field; Fulbright-Hays exchange lecturer, Austria, 1972-1973. Assoc.astronomer European Southern Observatory, Munich, Federal Republic Germany, 1982-1983.
Visiting fellow Australian National U., Canberra, 1991-1992.
Served with United States Navy, 1945-1948. Member American Astronomical Society (secretary 1969-1980), International Astronomical Union (secretary United States national committee 1970-1980), American Institute Physics (Board of Governors 1969-1979), Universities.for Space Research Association (trustee), Royal Astronomical Society, Society Science Exploration (secretary since 1981), Sigma Xi.
Married Frances I. Schwenk, February 5, 1949. Children— Laura Grace, Theodore David, Rebecca Lyn.