Frederick Aldrich

Frederick Allen Aldrich AB, M.Sc., Ph.D. (May 1, 1927 – July 12, 1991) was an American marine biologist and educator.

Aldrich was born in Butler, New Jersey, and attended Rutgers University, where he earned his doctorate.

[2][3] He began working at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1961 as an associate professor of biology.

He became the first director of the Marine Sciences Research Laboratory at Logy Bay in 1967.

In 1990, Aldrich became the Moses Harvey Professor of Marine Biology,[4] a named chair that he would hold until his death.