Frederick Morrell Zeder
| Frederick Morrell Zeder | |
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Zeder in 1922
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| Born |
March 19, 1886 Bay City, Michigan, USA |
| Died | February 24, 1951 (aged 64) Miami Beach, Florida |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
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| Political party | Democrat |
Frederick Morrell Zeder (March 19, 1886 – February 24, 1951) was an American automotive industry engineer and a member of the Automotive Hall of Fame.
Zeder was born on March 19, 1886. Then his family lived in Bay City, Michigan. Zerder's parents were Rudolph Zeder (from New York) and Matilta Jane Zeder (from Canada). Zeder had 4 brothers and 1 sister. He had little formal schooling at the Bay City public schools and was put to work earning income for the family at the age of 11. His first job was as a helper being a machinist’s apprentice for Industrial Works of Bay City (manufacturer of railroad cranes).
At age 12 Zeder was a railroad call boy (waking up the train crew in the morning). Also at age 12 he had a job in the railroad industry, inspecting the railroad car axles to make sure they were oiled and greased properly.
Zeder became a machinist at Michigan Central Railroad in their Motive Power and Train Divisions in his teens. He was still in high school when he started working for the railroad company. After graduating from public high school in 1905 Zeder went to the University of Michigan and worked part-time as a dishwasher and prepared vegetables for a restaurant. He graduated from Michigan in 1909 with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He was still living at home with his 4 brothers and a sister in 1910 and his trade is recorded in the 1910 U.S. Census as a mechanical engineer.
In 1909 after graduating from Michigan, Zeder was hired by the Allis-Chalmers Company in West Allis, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee for their apprentice course as an erecting engineer. This is where he met Carl Breer. Allis-Chalmers selected twenty-five of the best students of mechanical engineering from top universities of the United States. Besides Zeder, Carl Breer was such a student. Breer was from Stanford University. Zeder and Breer became close friends in their training at Allis-Chalmers.
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