Rowland Godfrey Freeman III

Background

III, Rowland Godfrey Freeman Son of Rowland Godfrey and Janet Erskine (Adriance) F.

Education

Student, University Massachusetts, 1940-1942; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1953.

Career

Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1942; advanced through grades to rear admiral, United States Navy, 1971; project manager F-111B aircraft, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio., 1966-1968; deputy chief naval material for procurement and production, (Navy Department), Washington, 1968-1973; director naval enlisted occupational class system study, (Navy Department), 1973-1974; commanding officer, (Naval Weapons Center), China Lake, California, 1974-1977; commandant, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1977-1979; retired, 1979; administrator, General Services Administration, Washington, 1979-1981; staff vice president, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, 1981-1987; president, Freeman Associations, since 1987. Consultant to general accounting office, since 1989.

Achievements

• Rowland Godfrey Freeman III has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing executive, naval officer, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow National Contract Management Association (certified, board advisers), American Society Logistic Engineers (advisory, Founders medal 1980). Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior member), World Computing Graphics Foundation (board advisors).

Connections

Married Dorothy Gleason, March 22, 1958. Children: Rowland Godrey, Diane Adriance Freeman Armstrong. Stepchildren: Christopher Gleason Gates, Geoffrey Stephen Gates.

Father:

Rowland Godfrey F.

Mother:

Janet Erskine (Adriance) F.

Spouse:

Dorothy Gleason

child:

Geoffrey Stephen Gates III

child:

Christopher Gleason Gates III

child:

Diane Adriance Freeman Armstrong III

child:

Rowland Godrey III