Background
Freeman, Orville Lothrop was born on May 9, 1918 in Minneapolis. Son of Orville E. and Frances (Schroeder) Freeman.
governor secretary of agriculture
Freeman, Orville Lothrop was born on May 9, 1918 in Minneapolis. Son of Orville E. and Frances (Schroeder) Freeman.
Bachelor magna cum laude, University Minnesota, 194O. Bachelor of Laws, 1946. Bachelor of Laws (honorary), University Seoul, Korea.
Degree (honorary), American University. Degree (honorary), Fairleigh Dickinson University. Degree (honorary), St. Joseph's College.
Member Larson, Loevinger, Lindquist and Freeman, Minneapolis, 1947-1955. Governor State of Minnesota, 1955-1961. Secretary United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1961-1969.
President Electronic Data Processing Technology International Inc., 1969-1970. President, Chief Executive Officer Business International Corporation, New York City, 1970-1981, chairman board, 1981-1984. Senior partner international law Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty, Ltd., Washington, 1985-1995.
Director Natomas Corporation, Multinat. Agribusiness Systems, Inc., Franklin Mint, Grumman Corporation, Slater, Michael Foods, Mycogen Corporation, San Diego. Member faculty Salzburg (Austria) Seminar, 1974, 77.
Visiting scholar Hubert Humphrey Institute, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1995-1999.
Assistant charge veterans affairs to mayor Minneapolis, 1945-1949. Chairman Minneapolis Civil Service Commission, 1946-1949. Secretary Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, 1946-1948, chairman, 1948-1950.
Member executive committee Japan-United States Business Advisory Council. Chairman India-United States Business Advisory Council, CARESBAC, 1986-1996, chairman emeritus. Member advisory committee Hubert Humphrey Institute.
Chairman United States-Nigerian Agricultural Consultative Committee. Chairman board directors World Watch Institute, 1970-1996, chairman emeritus, since 1997. President Agriculture Council American, 1985-1990.
Chairman board governors United Nations Association United States of America. Member Presidential Commission on World Hunger. Past trustee Lutheran Church in American Lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1942-1949, United States Marine Corps Reserve 1949-1969.
Member Executive Alumni Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho.
Married Jane C. Shields, May 2, 1942. Children: Constance Jane, Michael Orville.