Background
Freeman, Ralph Evans was born on July 23, 1894 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Son of John Doliver and Clara Belle (Dakin) Freeman.
Freeman, Ralph Evans was born on July 23, 1894 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Son of John Doliver and Clara Belle (Dakin) Freeman.
Student Wyggeston School, Leicester, England, 1907-1911. Bachelor of Arts, McMaster University, Canada, 1913, Master of Arts, 1914. Postgraduate University of Chicago, 1914-1916.
Bachelor of Letters, Balliol College, Oxford, 1921.
Came to the United States, 1929, naturalized, 1940.
Professor of economics at the University of Western Ontario, 1923-1929. With the Otis and Company Investment Bank, 1929-1931. Professor economics Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1932-1967, head department economics and social science, 1932-1958.
Staff economist United Business Service, Boston, 1943-1965.
Served as Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery, 1916-1918, Rhodes Scholar. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Economics Association, Delta Upsilon.
Married Iline Gertrude Rose, September 10, 1924 (deceased).