Frederick R. Hazard III, 73, of Old Boston Neck Road, Saunderstown, a senior executive for the former Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. in Oak Brook, Ill., for many years before retiring, died Tuesday at home. He was the husband of Fredericka W. (Aldred) Hazard .
Born in Syracuse, N.Y., a son of the late Frederick R. Hazard II, and Rosilia (Belden) Hazard , he lived in Hinsdale, Ill., before moving to Saunderstown in 1990. He was a descendant of one of the oldest families in Rhode Island. He was a grandson of the late Frederick R. Hazard , who founded the Solvay Process Co. in Syracuse, N.Y.
Mr. Hazard graduated from the Moses Brown School and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Brown University. He did graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
While at the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., he designed and built the first American hopper dredge, which revolutionized the dredging industry. He was a member of the board of directors of the McCormick Sand & Gravel Co. in New York, the National Ocean Industries Association and the MOLES Association.
He served on the towing safety advisory committee of the U.S. Coast Guard, on the advisory board of the University of Rhode Island Oceanography School, as a member of the board of the Friends of Oceanography at URI, and on the building committee of South County Hospital.
Mr. Hazard was a member of the Hope Club, the Dunes Club, the White Hall Club in New York, the Monroe Club in Chicago, the Hinsdale Golf Club and the Saunderstown Yacht Club. He was an honorary member of the South County Garden Club.
Besides his wife he leaves a son, Frederick R. Hazard IV of LaJolla, Calif.; three daughters, Susan Alden Hazard Garet of San Marino, Calif., Caroline Belden Hazard Goedhart of Chicago, and Elizabeth Sedgewick Hazard Dintersmith of Boston; a brother, Charles M. Hazard of Boston and Saunderstown; two sisters, Mary Peace Douglas Hazard of Tucson, Ariz., Rozelia Hazard Potter of Long Boat Key, Fla., and three grandchildren.
The funeral will be private.
Published in the Providence Journalon February 29, 1996
Born in Syracuse, N.Y., a son of the late Frederick R. Hazard II, and Rosilia (Belden) Hazard , he lived in Hinsdale, Ill., before moving to Saunderstown in 1990. He was a descendant of one of the oldest families in Rhode Island. He was a grandson of the late Frederick R. Hazard , who founded the Solvay Process Co. in Syracuse, N.Y.
Mr. Hazard graduated from the Moses Brown School and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Brown University. He did graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
While at the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., he designed and built the first American hopper dredge, which revolutionized the dredging industry. He was a member of the board of directors of the McCormick Sand & Gravel Co. in New York, the National Ocean Industries Association and the MOLES Association.
He served on the towing safety advisory committee of the U.S. Coast Guard, on the advisory board of the University of Rhode Island Oceanography School, as a member of the board of the Friends of Oceanography at URI, and on the building committee of South County Hospital.
Mr. Hazard was a member of the Hope Club, the Dunes Club, the White Hall Club in New York, the Monroe Club in Chicago, the Hinsdale Golf Club and the Saunderstown Yacht Club. He was an honorary member of the South County Garden Club.
Besides his wife he leaves a son, Frederick R. Hazard IV of LaJolla, Calif.; three daughters, Susan Alden Hazard Garet of San Marino, Calif., Caroline Belden Hazard Goedhart of Chicago, and Elizabeth Sedgewick Hazard Dintersmith of Boston; a brother, Charles M. Hazard of Boston and Saunderstown; two sisters, Mary Peace Douglas Hazard of Tucson, Ariz., Rozelia Hazard Potter of Long Boat Key, Fla., and three grandchildren.
The funeral will be private.
Published in the Providence Journalon February 29, 1996
Frederick R. Hazard III, 73, of Old Boston Neck Road, Saunderstown, a senior executive for the former Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. in Oak Brook, Ill., for many years before retiring, died Tuesday at home. He was the husband of Fredericka W. (Aldred) Hazard .
Born in Syracuse, N.Y., a son of the late Frederick R. Hazard II, and Rosilia (Belden) Hazard , he lived in Hinsdale, Ill., before moving to Saunderstown in 1990. He was a descendant of one of the oldest families in Rhode Island. He was a grandson of the late Frederick R. Hazard , who founded the Solvay Process Co. in Syracuse, N.Y.
Mr. Hazard graduated from the Moses Brown School and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Brown University. He did graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
While at the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., he designed and built the first American hopper dredge, which revolutionized the dredging industry. He was a member of the board of directors of the McCormick Sand & Gravel Co. in New York, the National Ocean Industries Association and the MOLES Association.
He served on the towing safety advisory committee of the U.S. Coast Guard, on the advisory board of the University of Rhode Island Oceanography School, as a member of the board of the Friends of Oceanography at URI, and on the building committee of South County Hospital.
Mr. Hazard was a member of the Hope Club, the Dunes Club, the White Hall Club in New York, the Monroe Club in Chicago, the Hinsdale Golf Club and the Saunderstown Yacht Club. He was an honorary member of the South County Garden Club.
Besides his wife he leaves a son, Frederick R. Hazard IV of LaJolla, Calif.; three daughters, Susan Alden Hazard Garet of San Marino, Calif., Caroline Belden Hazard Goedhart of Chicago, and Elizabeth Sedgewick Hazard Dintersmith of Boston; a brother, Charles M. Hazard of Boston and Saunderstown; two sisters, Mary Peace Douglas Hazard of Tucson, Ariz., Rozelia Hazard Potter of Long Boat Key, Fla., and three grandchildren.
The funeral will be private.
Published in the Providence Journalon February 29, 1996
Born in Syracuse, N.Y., a son of the late Frederick R. Hazard II, and Rosilia (Belden) Hazard , he lived in Hinsdale, Ill., before moving to Saunderstown in 1990. He was a descendant of one of the oldest families in Rhode Island. He was a grandson of the late Frederick R. Hazard , who founded the Solvay Process Co. in Syracuse, N.Y.
Mr. Hazard graduated from the Moses Brown School and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Brown University. He did graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
While at the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., he designed and built the first American hopper dredge, which revolutionized the dredging industry. He was a member of the board of directors of the McCormick Sand & Gravel Co. in New York, the National Ocean Industries Association and the MOLES Association.
He served on the towing safety advisory committee of the U.S. Coast Guard, on the advisory board of the University of Rhode Island Oceanography School, as a member of the board of the Friends of Oceanography at URI, and on the building committee of South County Hospital.
Mr. Hazard was a member of the Hope Club, the Dunes Club, the White Hall Club in New York, the Monroe Club in Chicago, the Hinsdale Golf Club and the Saunderstown Yacht Club. He was an honorary member of the South County Garden Club.
Besides his wife he leaves a son, Frederick R. Hazard IV of LaJolla, Calif.; three daughters, Susan Alden Hazard Garet of San Marino, Calif., Caroline Belden Hazard Goedhart of Chicago, and Elizabeth Sedgewick Hazard Dintersmith of Boston; a brother, Charles M. Hazard of Boston and Saunderstown; two sisters, Mary Peace Douglas Hazard of Tucson, Ariz., Rozelia Hazard Potter of Long Boat Key, Fla., and three grandchildren.
The funeral will be private.
Published in the Providence Journalon February 29, 1996
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