Fred Trump Jr.

Frederick Crist Trump Jr. (October 14, 1938 – September 26, 1981) was an American airplane pilot and maintenance worker. The eldest son of real-estate businessman Fred Trump Sr., he fell out of his father's favor when he chose to become an airline pilot, leading to his younger brother Donald (the 45th president of the United States) inheriting the family business. Both Fred Sr. and Donald disparaged Fred Jr. for becoming a pilot. By the early 1970s, Fred Jr. could no longer function as a pilot due to his alcoholism, a condition which also contributed to his heart attack-induced death. Early life Frederick Crist Trump Jr. was born on October 14, 1938, as the first son of wealthy real-estate developer Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump in Queens, New York. In 1956 Fred Jr. graduated from St. Paul's School. In that same year his father Fred Sr. donated money to have the playing fields redone and in his honor were renamed Trump Field. Fred Jr. attended Lehigh University and joined a historically Jewish fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu, although he was not Jewish. He became president of the fraternity and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in business, also completing Reserve Officers' Training Corps and entering the Air National Guard as a second lieutenant.