Rogers, Fred Terry
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Fred Terry Rogers (1914-1956) was a notable geophysicist, astrophysicist, mathematician and university professor during the 1930s through the 1950s. He was born in Henderson, Kentucky but was raised in Dallas, Texas from the age of seven. Rogers attended the Rice Institute in Houston, Texas from 1931 to 1939 where he received both his undergraduate and graduate training in physics and mathematics. His professional career started at the Rice Institute as a research assistant and continued at a number of other academic institutions and government agencies. While at Rice, Rogers met his future wife, Marguerite Moilliet, who also was studying physics at the Institute. They married in 1937 and became a research team during World War II. They had five children, Alexander and Fred Terry III, Charles Galton Rogers, Robert Barclay Rogers, and Alison Marguerite Rogers. Fred Terry Rogers died in 1956 whille working at the University of South Carolina.
From the guide to the Fred Terry Rogers papers MS 29., 1929-1956, (Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX)
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