Joseph Freedman

Background

Freedman, Joseph was born on October 16, 1923 in Brighton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edwin Akiva and Fanny (Wine) Freedman.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Public Health Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1943. Master of Science in Sanitary Engineering, University North Carolina, 1945. Master of Science in Sanitary Engineering, Harvard University, 1955.

Certified in groundwater development, University Minnesota, 1959.

Career

Sanitary engineer Holmes & Narver, Architect Engineers, Okinawa, Japan, 1946—1948. Chief sanitary engineer R & U division Mariannas Bonins Command, Department of the Army, 1948—1950. Engineer Charles T. Main, Consulting Engineers, Boston, 1951—1954.

Sanitary engineer Pan American Health Organization, Honduras, 1955—1961. Advisor Government of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, 1955—1961. Chief sanitary engineer, advisor to governments United States Agency for International Development, La Paz, Bolivia and Asuncion, Paraguay, 1961—1963.

Senior and chief sanitary engineer Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, 1963—1973. Senior sanitary engineer Latin American Caribbean region World Bank, 1973—1979. Water/waste advisor Central Office World Bank, 1979—1986.

Retired, 2005

Consultant various water supply, sewage and pollution control and tourist projects Interam. Development Bank and World Bank, Cancun, Mexico, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Organization of American States, Volumes Technology Assistance, since 1989. Consultant on development North Coast and Bay Islands, Honduras Government/Organization of American States, 1986-1987.

Consultant Arthur Young Associates, Reorganization and Decentralization National Water and Sewer Authority, Honduras, 1987. World Bank representative on board directors International Reformed Center for Community Water Supply and Sanitation, The Hague, Netherlands, 1983-1985.

Achievements

• Registered profile engineer, Massachusetts.

Membership

Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers. Member Inter-American Society Sanitary Engineers (charter member), World Bank 1818 Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocation: genealogy.

Connections

Married Emily Ann Feltman, November 4, 1959 (deceased October 5, 2002). 1 child Susan Alexandra Freedman Noa.

Father:

Edwin Freedman

Mother:

Fanny (Wine) Freedman

Spouse:

Emily Ann Feltman

child:

Susan Alexandra Freedman Noa Freedman