Gordon Russel Freeman

Background

Freeman, Gordon Russel was born on August 27, 1930 in Hoffer, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of Winston Spencer Churchill and Aquila Maud (Chapman) Freeman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Saskatchewan, 1952; Master of Arts, University Saskatchewan, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford (England) University, 1957.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, Centre D'Etudes Nucléaires, Saclay, France, 1957-1958; assistant professor, then associate professor of chemistry, U. Alberta (Canada), Edmonton, 1958-1965; professor, U. Alberta (Canada), 1965-1995; chairman division physical and theoretical chemistry, U. Alberta (Canada), 1965-1975; director radiation research center, U. Alberta (Canada), 1968-1995; professor emeritus, U. Alberta (Canada), Edmonton, since 1995; executive, Chemical Institute Canada, 1974-1980; chairman physical chemistry division, Chemical Institute Canada, 1976-1978; councillor, Chemical Institute Canada, 1978-1980.

Achievements

• Gordon Russel Freeman has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Chemical Institute Canada, American Physical Society, Epigraphic Society, Canada Association Archaeologists.

Connections

Married PhyllisJoan Elson, September 8. 1951; children: Mark Russel, Michèle Leslie.

Father:

Winston Spencer Churchill Freeman

Mother:

Aquila Maud (Chapman) Freeman

Spouse:

PhyllisJoan Elson

child:

Mark Russel Freeman

child:

Michèle Leslie Freeman