Fahringer, Frederick H. (Jr)
Frederick H. Fahringer Jr.
Biography
Frederick H. Fahringer Jr. (1920–2006) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a football and basketball scholarship for his undergraduate studies at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. He left Bucknell his senior year to join the U.S. Air Force and later graduated from the War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in 1961. Fahringer spent thirty years in the Air Force, during which he worked at the Pentagon and served as liaison officer to the U.S. Congress. He retired as a Command Pilot at Kelly Air Force Base in 1971.
After his retirement from the USAF, Fahringer earned his BA (1975) and MEd (1976) from Southwest Texas State University and became a certified social psychotherapist. He worked as a lecturer at the university while running a private practice from 1976 until his retirement in 2000.
Texas 150 Oral History
Frederick H. Fahringer Jr. talks about growing up in Wisconsin, attending Bucknell University, and coming to Texas via the Air Force and Lackland Airfield. Beyond describing his long career with the Air Force, he shares how he became a psychology professor at Southwest Texas State University. He also discusses his personal philosophies and beliefs about students and college, and mentions little anecdotes about his teaching assistants and Dr. Clarence Schultz.
