Background
Freeman was born in West Bridgton, Maine and received his undergraduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1876.
Freeman was born in West Bridgton, Maine and received his undergraduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1876.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is noted for his efforts to design and build the Charles River Dam, advising the government on dam and lock foundations for the Panama Canal, and influencing the design of Massachusetts Institute of Technology"s new campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Freeman was the design engineer for several water projects, including the Lake Spaulding Dam, the Holter Dam, the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct, the Charles River Dam, the Keokuk Dam, the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and the Panama Canal). Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, June, 1876.
He was a member of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics during World War I, and served as chairman from 1918–1919.