
GLENN FREDERICK
I met Glenn when we started at Roosevelt as sophomores. It was obvious that Glenn was a talented academic and I can remember through my Roosevelt years trying to keep up with him in mathematics classes which of course I was never able to do. Glenn and I created a game where we would pitch a tennis ball to each other and, if we could hit it, we had a system for scoring hits, runs, etc. We played that game off and on until we both graduated from the UW in 1962. Our big problem was finding a tennis ball that would work the way we wanted it too. Glenn went on to receive a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University in 1966. He worked in Europe for Cummins Engine and Mobil Oil and became very interested in public policy and strategic planning. He was accepted at the Stanford Graduate School of Business to do special Ph.D work in Economics, Public Policy and Business in 1970. He went on to work in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare and eventually ran as a candidate in Seattle-King County for the U.S. Congress in 1973-4 (obviously he didn't win). He then became a consultant in strategic planning working with organizations in the U.S, Canada, and Europe. My last contact with Glenn was in 1983 or so when he was getting married again. He was very excited about that and also about getting some kids in the process. He was in New York at that time. Glenn was one of the most interesting and stimulating individuals I have met in my life although I am not sure I recognized it at the time. I regret very much losing touch with him in the mid-80's and was very sad to find his name on the memoriam list as I was really looking forward to seeing him at the reunion.
tribute by Mike Cordry