Background
Fredericks, Marshall Maynard was born on January 31, 1908 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank A. and Frances Margaret (Bragg) Fredericks.
Fredericks, Marshall Maynard was born on January 31, 1908 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank A. and Frances Margaret (Bragg) Fredericks.
Student, John Huntington Polytechnic Institute, Cleveland. Graduate, Cleveland School Art, 1930. Student, Heimann Schule, Schwegerle Schule, Munich, Germany.
Student, Academy Scandinav, Paris. Private studies, Copenhagen, Rome and London. Private studies, Carl Milles' Studio, Stockholm.
Student, Cranbrook Academy Art. Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts (honorary).
Faculty, Cleveland School Art, 1931; faculty, Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1932-1942; faculty, Kingswood School, Cranbrook, 1932-1942; Royal Danish consul for Michigan, 1966-1996.
Member President's Committee for Employment of Handicapped. Member Governor's State Capitol Committee. Co-founder, director DIADEM Program for International Exchange of Handicapped.
Trustee American-Scandinavian Foundation, People-to-People Program, Inc. Served with C.E. United States Army, 1942-1944. Lieutenant colonel 20th bomber command.
8th Air Force 1944-1945, Okinawa. Fellow International Institute Arts and Letters, Royal Society Arts, National Sculpture Society (Henry Hering medal, Herbert Adams Medal, Medal of Honor 1985, board directors, 1st vice president Brookgreen Gardens). Member Michigan Society Architects (honorary), Federation Internationale de la Medaille, American Institute of Architects (fine arts gold medal 1952, Gold Medal), St. Dunstans Dramatic Guild, Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (gold medal honor 1953), National Academy Design (academician, Agop Agopoff award 1987), Chamber of Commerce, American Society Interior Designers, Michigan Association Professions, National Society Interior Designers, Beta Sigma Phi, Alpha Beta Delta.
Clubs: Royal Swedish Yacht, Orchard Lake Country. Architectural League New York (New York City), Prismatic (Detroit). Royal Norwegian Yacht, Royal Danish Yacht.
Married Rosalind Bell Cooke, September 9, 1943. Children: Carl Marshall and Christopher Matzen (twins), Frances Karen Bell, Rosalind Cooke, Suzanne Pelletreau.