Fred Dow Fagg, Jr. (1896-1981) Papers 1937-1957
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Northwestern university
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During World War II, Northwestern offered its facilities for use by the War Department. The Army, Navy, and Civil Aeronautics Administration operated eleven training programs at Northwestern in addition to the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (N.R.O.T.C.) established in 1926: the Navy V-7, Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School; the Navy V-5, Naval Aviation Prepatory Program; the Navy V-1, Accredited College Program; the Naval Training School (Radio); the Army Signal Corps Officers Training Scho...
Fagg, Fred D. (Fred Dow), 1896-1981
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Fred Dow Fagg, Jr., was born on July 30, 1896, in Brooklyn, New York, son of Fred and Ida Alzina (Chase) Fagg. Fagg was an economics instructor at Northwestern University while in law school at NU. In 1929 Fagg returned to NU as a law professor, where he remained until 1947. During this time Fagg founded the Air Law Institute in Chicago and the Journal of Air Law. He was also a member of the Illinois Aeronautics Commission. Fagg left NU in 1947 to become the President of the Univers...