Fred Edwords

Spokesperson, Person

1948 –

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Who is Fred Edwords?

Fred Edwords, born July 19, 1948, in San Diego, California, is a longtime agnostic humanist leader in Washington DC.

He is currently national director of the United Coalition of Reason and director of planned giving for the American Humanist Association, the latter an organization he earlier served as editor of its national magazine, the Humanist, from 1995 to 2006, as executive director from 1984 to 1999, and as national administrator from 1980 to 1984. He was also editor of the association's membership newsletter Free Mind from 2002 to 2006 and editor of the Creation/Evolution journal from 1980 to 1991.

Edwords was president of Camp Quest, Inc., from 2002 to 2005 and on the staff of the Ohio camp from 1998 to 2008. He was also vice president of the North American Committee for Humanism from 1990 to 1992 and president of the Humanist Association of San Diego in 1978. He has served on the boards of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, the New York Council for Evolution Education, and the National Center for Science Education. He was chair of the American Humanist Association's Humanist Manifesto III Drafting Committee from 2002 to 2003.

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Born
1948
United States of America
Religion
  • Agnosticism
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on July 23, 2013

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