Fred L. Lander III was born on April 19, 1927, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict before pursuing his education in law. In 1952, he earned his Juris Doctorate Degree from Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. He worked as a classroom teacher, operated an independent real estate and insurance business, and held an administrative position with the Port of New York Authority. He also served as a Hearing Officer with the New York State Department of Labor. Lander dedicated 30 years of his career to the Federal Government, working at the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Power Commission, the National Archives and Records Service, and the Department of Justice's [[LEAA]]. Fred was part of the original 1969 team creating [[PROMIS]] with [[Joan E. Jacoby]], [[Charles R. Work]], and [[Bill Hamilton]] as part of the [[Office of Crime Analysis of the District of Columbia]] where he was an Assistant Director. He later served with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission until his retirement on April 16, 1987. During this time, he also worked as a Crime Analyst and Executive Director of the Pilot District Police Community Relations Project for the District of Columbia and was appointed an Administrative Law Judge for the Civil Service Commission in Dallas, Texas. Lander was a member of numerous professional organizations, including the National Bar Association, the J.L. Turner Legal Association, the Dallas County Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, and the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, holding life memberships in several of these organizations. Alongside his professional commitments, Lander was involved in community service. He held memberships and board positions including the Dallas Urban League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), OMEGA PSI PHI Fraternity, Inc., Paul Drayton Lodge No. 9 of the Free and Accepted Masons, Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, Howard University Alumni Association, Progressive Voters League of Dallas, Regular Fellows Club, and Glen Oaks Homeowners Association. Lander's served on the boards of the Community Council of Greater Dallas, the North Texas Legal Services Foundation, the Dallas Office of the Opportunities Industrialization Center, the Park South YMCA, the Pylon Business Club, the Dallas Cable Board, and the Dallas Citizens Police Review Board. He was also a Charter Advisor and participant of the C.A.W. Clark Legal Clinic. He was a 50-year member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and received their Man of the Year Award in 1977. The J.L. Turner Legal Association honored him with the President's Award for Outstanding Service in 1983 and the C.B. Bunkley Legal Service Award in 1989. The Dallas Urban League also recognized his contributions with the Board Service Award in 1993 and the Whitney Young Award in 1995. Lander was certified to practice law before all Courts in the State of Texas, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Fred L. Lander III passed away in 2001.