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P E R S P E C T I V E | M AY / J U N E 2 0 1 6 71 ANTHONY R. FREDRICKSON 1953 – 2016 by Denise Okuda, Michael Okuda and Doug Drexler Anthony Fredrickson, Scenic and Graphic Artist who worked many years in the Star Trek Art Departments at Paramount Pictures, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on February 15, 2016. Anthony was born October 15, 1953, in New York, where he grew up immersed in the wondrous worlds of comic books, science fiction films and Star Trek. He earned a BA at New York's School of Visual Arts, after which he worked for several years as a makeup lab technician on several features, including Dick Tracy. He also managed a store, edited a sci-fi magazine and delighted his friends with his quiet, brilliant sense of humor. Anthony, known as ARF to his friends, joined the Star Trek Art Department in 1994, where he met the love of his life, Penny Juday. They were married in 2000. At Paramount for over a decade, Anthony worked on the Star Trek series Deep Space Nine and Enterprise, as well as two Star Trek movies. As a Graphic Artist, he added futuristic credibility and visual pizzaz to Federation starships and innumerable alien worlds. He was unflappable in the face of the inevitable crises that always emerge in television production, often rescuing a last-minute prop or set piece with a quick, yet elegant graphic flourish. We called that "saving the starship." Production Designer Herman Zimmerman said Anthony was "an integral part of our Star Trek family. We'll miss his smile and the excellence he brought to the Art Department." When Penny was stricken by cancer in early 2015, Anthony had moved with her to Elkhart, Indiana, so they could be closer to her family. Anthony devoted himself to caring for Penny until her death in December 2015. We were shocked to learn of Anthony's sudden passing barely two months later. We will miss our colleague and friend. Go boldly, Anthony.