Background
Freeman, Richard Benton was born on July 24, 1931 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benton C. and Evelyn B. (Boyer) Freeman.
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Richard Benton Freeman
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Bachelor of Science, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1953; Doctor of Medicine Thomas Jefferson U., 1957.
Career
Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1957-1958; resident, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1958-1961; fellow in nephrology, Georgetown University, 1960; clinical instructor medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1958-1961; clinical instructor medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1963; instructor medicine, Georgetown University, 1964-1967; assistant professor, U. Rochester, New York, 1967-1969; associate professor, U. Rochester, 1969-1984; professor, U. Rochester, 1984-1988; head nephrology unit, U. Rochester (Medical Center), 1974-1988; professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1988-1991; chief medical service, VA Medical Center, Batavia, New York, 1988-1991; medical director Park Ridge Chemical Depend, Park Ridge Chemical Depend Park Ridge Health Systems, Rochester, New York, since 1991; medical director, Park Ridge Hospital, Rochester, since 1995; clinical professor medicine, U. Rochester, since 1992. Consultant in field.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1961-1967. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Federation Clinical Investigation, American Heart Association, American Society Nephrology, International Society Nephrology, American Society Artificial Internal Organs, Renal Physicians Association (director) 1977-1984, vice president 1979-1981, president 1981-1984, counselor since 1984), American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Kidney Foundation, Kidney Foundation Upstate New York, International Society Internal Organs, American Society AddictionMedicare.
Connections
Married Margaret C. McGuire, July 24, 1954. Children— Richard, Charles C., Patricia Anne.
