Frederick Ira Ordway III () was an American space scientist and author of visionary books on

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. Ordway was educated at

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and completed several years of graduate study at the

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and other universities in Europe. He owned a large collection of original paintings depicting astronautical themes. He was a member of many leading professional societies and was the author, co-author, or editor of more than thirty books and over three hundred articles. As scientific consultant, he was part of the production team of '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving member of the

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that he joined in 1939. Ordway served as a member of the faculty at The

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(UAH) from 1970 to 1973, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate by UAH in 1992.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ordway, Frederic I. 1927 births 2014 deaths American expatriates in France Harvard University alumni Members of the American Rocket Society University of Alabama in Huntsville faculty University of Paris alumni Writers from Huntsville, Alabama