1927
Dr. Fredrick is born in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania to Ishmael T. and Grace Fredrick.
1945
Dr. Fredrick serves in the U.S. Navy.
1952
Dr. Fredrick receives a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College.
1952
Dr. Fredrick becomes a research assistant at the Sproul Observatory in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
1954
Dr. Fredrick receives a Master of Arts from Swarthmore College.
1957
Dr. Fredrick becomes a research associate at the Flower and Cook Observatory in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
1959
Dr. Fredrick receives a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.
1959
Dr. Fredrick becomes an astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
1961
Dr. Fredrick is named Alumnus of the Year at Milton Hershey School.
1963
Dr. Fredrick becomes a faculty member at the University of Virginia.
1965
Dr. Fredrick becomes a professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia.
1969
Dr. Fredrick serves on the board of governors of the American Institute of Physics.
1970
Dr. Fredrick serves as the secretary for the U.S. National Committee of the International Astronomical Union.
1972
Dr. Fredrick serves as an astronomy professor at the University of Vienna in Austria.
1976
Dr. Fredrick co-authors “Astronomy,” Tenth Edition.
1978
Dr. Fredrick co-authors “Descriptive Astronomy.”
1980
Dr. Fredrick co-authors “An Introduction to Astronomy,” Ninth Edition.
1982
Dr. Fredrick serves as an associate astronomer at the European Southern Observatory in Munich, Germany.
1991
Dr. Fredrick serves as a visiting fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
1997
Dr. Fredrick becomes a research professor at the University of Virginia.