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Freeman attended the University of Michigan, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, and earned his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1926 from the University of Michigan Law School.
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Ralph McKenzie Freeman
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He was a prosecuting attorney in Genesee County, Michigan from 1928 to 1932 and was in private practice in Flint, Michigan prior to his appointment to the federal bench in 1954. Freeman also served on the Flint Board of Education from 1935 to 1949 and was its president for four years. The Ralph M. Freeman Elementary School in Flint was named in his honor.
He received his commission on June 10, 1954.
Freeman served as chief judge from 1967 to 1972 and assumed senior status on July 1, 1973. He served in that capacity, and continued to carry a full caseload, until his death at the age of 87.
Judge and Mistress Freeman established a number of scholarship funds at various Michigan schools, and a law library for federal judges is named in Ralph Freeman"s memory.
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