Robert Allen Frederick

Background

Frederick, Robert Allen was born on February 3, 1928 in Mishawaka, Indiana, United States. Son of Ralph Leon and Garnet Laree (Bowles) Frederick.

Education

Bachelor, Hanover College, 1950. Master of Science in Education, Indiana University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy in History, Indiana University, 1960.

Career

Associate dean students, Texas Technological College, Lubbock, 1951-1953; instructor history, United States Naval Academy Prep School, 1953-1956; graduate assistant history, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1956-1958; fellow department history, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1958-1960; associate professor of history, Alaska Methodist U., Anchorage, 1960-1966; professor of history, department chairman, Alaska Methodist U., Anchorage, 1966-1973; executive director, Alaska History Commission, Anchorage, 1973-1980; independent researcher/writer, Alaska History Society, Anchorage, 1980-1985; editor, Indiana German Heritage Society, Indianapolis, 1986-1988; Richard Lieber researcher, Brown County History Society, Nashville, Indiana, 1988-1993. Director Alaska humanities task force National Endowment for Humanities, 1972-1973.

Achievements

• Robert Allen Frederick has been listed as a noteworthy history professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Cook Inlet History Society, Anchorage, board directors, 1963-1966. President Alaska History Society, 1968-1969, board directors, 1967-1974. Member national archives advisory board National Archives and Records Services, Regions IX and X, 1974-1977.

Chairman National Trust for History Preservation, 1975-1977, board advisors, 1969-1978, advisor emeritus, since 1979. Director A Pioneer Family in Alaska (film) University Alaska Foundation, Homer, 1982. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1953-1956.

Member Historic Landmarks Foundation Indiana, Sigma Chi (life).

Interests

• Avocations: hiking in wilderness, visiting natural and historical sites.

Connections

Married Mary Billington Swartz, November 23, 1950 (divorced September 1967). Children: Carol Heren Frederick Asi, John Billington, Peter Carey. Married Saradell Carolyn Ard, September 9, 1969 (divorced April 1983).

Father:

Ralph Leon Frederick

Mother:

Garnet Laree (Bowles) Frederick

Spouse:

Saradell Carolyn Ard

Spouse:

Mary Billington Swartz

child:

Peter Carey Frederick

child:

John Billington Frederick

child:

Carol Heren Frederick Asi Frederick