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Albert Asa Fredericks (February 22, 1891 – October 22, 1975) was an educator and a Democratic politician from Natchitoches, Louisiana, who was affiliated with the powerful Long political faction. Beginning in 1932 he served four terms in the Louisiana Senate, and then in a variety of political appointee positions, including twice as Governor Earl Long's executive secretary, during two long-separated terms; as Commissioner of Public Welfare and on the Louisiana State Board of Education. ==Background== Known principally as A. A. Fredericks, he was born in the Clear Lake Community in Natchitoches Parish to Nolberry Fredericks and the former Emily Cannon. He was educated in local schools and at Northwestern State University, then known as the Louisiana State Normal College, which primarily trained teachers. Fredericks obtained his teaching certificate in 1912. From 1912 to 1913, at the age of twenty-one, he was a principal of a two-room school in the Sharp Community in Rapides Parish. He taught at rural Gorum in Natchitoches Parish from 1913 to 1914. He continued in college, earning his Bachelor of Arts at LSU in Baton Rouge in 1917. Fredericks worked as the county agent for the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service for East Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes. He was the state dairy agent for the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station in 1918. He returned to Northwestern State, appointed as director of rural education, serving from 1919 to 1934. During this period, he also completed a Master of Arts degree at LSU in 1925. In 1934, Fredericks was appointed as the NSU president and served until 1941. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A. A. Fredericks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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