Background
Freer, Robert Elliott was born on January 30, 1896 in Madisonville, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Guy Metcalf and May (Dunlap) Freer.
Freer, Robert Elliott was born on January 30, 1896 in Madisonville, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Guy Metcalf and May (Dunlap) Freer.
Student Ohio State University, 1913-1914. Bachelor of Laws, Cincinnati Law School, University of Cincinnati, 1917. Master of Laws, Washington (District of Columbia) College of Law, 1929.
Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University, 1931.
Admitted to Ohio bar 1917, Virginia, District of Columbia bars. Practiced in Cincinnati, 1917-1925. Attorney, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1925-1933, attorney, research assistant, Federal Coördinator Transportation, 1933-1935.
Special counsel United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1st session 74th Congress.
Member Federal Trade Commission, 1935-1948, chairman 1939, 1944 and 48. Private practice of law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1948-1960.
Senior partner Freer, Church & Green, lawyers. Hearing examiner Federal Power Commission.
1960-1963; director Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company, Washington.
Lecturer, instructor night schools, colleges universities. Consultant Graduate School of Public Administration Harvard, 1938-1948.
Member of the board of tustees, George Washington University, 1941-1956. Served in Company C, 324th Machine Gun Battalion, 83d Division, American Expeditionary Force. Member Washington Board Trade (member world trade committee), American Bar Association (past
Mason.
Clubs: Inquirendo, University. Alumni Achievement award in public relns., George Washington University, 1949.
Married Mistress; children: Barry, Jocelyn (Mistress Norman C. Keith), Alice (Mistress Thomas A. Friend), Robert Elliott, Junior.