Frederich Duerr
From The Space Library
Frederich Duerr was the instrument unit manager in the Saturn Program Office at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Born in Munich, Germany, on January 26, 1909, he was a graduate of Luitpold Oberealschule and the Institute of Technology, both in Munich. He held B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering. Duerr specialized in the design of electrical network systems for the rocket launch vehicles. Duerr joined Dr. Wernher von Braun’s research and development team in 1941 at Peenemunde, and came with the group to the U.S. in 1945. This group, stationed at White Sands, N.M., was transferred to Huntsville in 1950 to form the Guided Missile Development Division of the Ordnance Missile Laboratories at Redstone Arsenal.
