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Founders of Alcor Life Extension Foundation
Frederick Rockwell Chamberlain III (November 21, 1935–March 22, 2012) and Linda Chamberlain founded the cryonics organization Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

Fred's father was a very fragile stroke victim, and (through Manrise Corporation) assisted with the founding of Trans Time, Inc in the San Francisco Bay area (providing its first perfusion equipment by a contractual arrangement). Cryonics pioneer Mike Darwin moved to California and became the technological core of Alcor for over a year, during which he conducted the first organized research ever done in cryonics on a dedicated basis, supported by Manrise Corporation. Attempts to raise capital for continued research through a new corporation failed, and Mike Darwin returned to his home in Indianapolis, Indiana. Fred's father was cryopreserved in the summer of 1976, the first neuropreservation ever.

Linda's mother Arlene Fried attended one of the festivals, and with Linda's urging joined Alcor and maintained arrangements for several years. Then, she developed terminal cancer that had been unsuspected until the last moment. Alcor mobilized a highly supported remote standby for that. Both Jerry Leaf and Mike Darwin were on hand for nearly a week in Sonoma, California, as Linda's mother went through the final stages of a deliberate dehydration on her part, with hospice support. The outcome was a very high quality cryopreservation for the time (1990), the best of its kind at that date.

In 1993, concerned that Alcor was in danger of political chaos, Alcor employee Hugh Hixon persuaded the Chamberlains to become involved with Alcor's activities and in the fall of that year, amidst much turmoil, Fred was elected as an Alcor Director, and the Chamberlains accompanied Alcor in its move to Scottsdale, Arizona. In February 1997, Steve Bridge resigned as President of Alcor, and the Chamberlains offered to devote themselves to Alcor full time. Fred became Alcor President and Linda became the Suspension Manager (the person responsible for application of cryopreservation protocol).

Fred died and was cryopreserved on March 22, 2012, by Alcor Life Extension Foundation.