Background
Freund, Gerald was born on October 14, 1930 in Berlin. Son of Kurt and Annelise (Josephthal) Freund. came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1946.
Freund, Gerald was born on October 14, 1930 in Berlin. Son of Kurt and Annelise (Josephthal) Freund. came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1946.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Haverford College, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford (England) University, 1955.
Research assistant Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1956-1957. Fellow Council Foreign Relations, 1957-1959. Assistant professor Haverford College, 1958-1960.
From assistant director to associate director social science, humanities, arts Rockefeller Foundation, 1960-1969. Assistant to president Yale, 1969-1970. Executive vice president Film Society of Lincoln Center, 1970-1971.
Dean humanities and arts, professor, director Hunter Arts, Hunter College, 1971-1980. Vice president, director Prize Fellows Program, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, 1980-1984. Director for planning National Task Force on the Individual Artist, American Council Arts.
Director Whiting Writers' Awards, Whiting Foundation, since 1984. President Private Funding Associates, since 1985, Pro Bono Ventures, Inc., since 1994. Executive director Harlem Educational Activities Fund, 1989-1994.
Senior consultant Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, 1990-1991. Consultant Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research, 1959-1960, Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, 1970-1971, Performing Arts Program, New York State Council on Arts, New York City, 1973, Arts, Education and Americans Project, 1975-1977, Institute Advanced Museum Studies, Montreux, Switzerland, 1975-1977, Dartmouth College, 1978-1979, John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation, 1979-1980, Institute Study World Politics, 1980, 83, Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc., 1983-1985, New York Institute Visual History, National Foundation Advancement in the Arts, Teagle Foundation, Heinz Family Foundation, Dorothy and Lillian Gish Trust, MacDowell Colony. Lecturer, television and radio activities.
Member Charter Revision Commission, Stamford, Connecticut, 1964-1965, planning commission consultant, 1965-1967. Executive director Harlem Educational Activities Fund, 1989-1994.
Member Committee on Organization of Peace, 1963-1977. Member executive committee, chairman Manhattan Theatre Club. Vice president Democratic Party, North Stamford, Connecticut, 1962-1964.
Trustee Woodstock (Vermont) Country School, 1962-1981, president board, 1972-1975. Member board National Book Committee, until 1975. Board directors Institute Current World Affairs, New York City, until 1975, Fund for Artists Colonies.
Member American Committee East-West Accord, Washington. Board directors Poets' House, 1984-1994, Fund for Artists' Colonies, 1983-1989, Creative Alternatives of New York, 1985-1990, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1986, Fund for Peace, 1986, executive committee since 1990, Global Kids, 1995, Austen Riggs Center, 1995. Board directors Imagination Workshop, Inc., co-chairman board, 1977-1978.
Member National Aphasia Association (board directors since 1991), Council Foreign Relations (fellowship committee, library committee), Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Lotos, Century Association.
Son of Kurt and Annelise (Josephthal) F. M. Jane Bicker Shaw Trask, September 1956 (divorced September 1970). Children: Jonathan Gerald, Matthew Trask, Andrew Josephthal.
M. Peregrine White Whittlesey, December 31, 1976.