Victor Oscar Freeburg

Background

Freeburg, Victor Oscar was born on March 22, 1882 in Stanton, Iowa, United States. Son of Andrew Victor and Margaret Charlotte (Erickson) E.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1905, A. M., 1908. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1915. Studied art at Art Students League of New York and under Birger Sandzen and Wayman Adams.

Career

Instructor English, United States Naval Academy, 1906-1907. Instructor public speaking, College of City New York, 1908-1913. Instructor English, Haverford College, 1913-1915.

Instructor English, Columbia, 1915-1916, instructor photoplay writing, 1915-1917. Editor Swedish-American Trade Journal, 1919-1922. Assistant director American Swedish News Exchange, 1922-1925.

Member publicity staff, Tamblyn and Brown, 1925-1929. Special writer on staff Milbank Memorial Fund, 1931-1936. Editor The American Swedish Monthly, 1936-1946.

Membership

Served as ensign United States Navy during World War I. Member Selective Service System, Local Board 3, New York, 1942-1943.; Member Rockport Art Association, American Veterans Society Artists.

Connections

Married Dorothy Dumble, March 25, 1943.

Father:

Andrew Victor E.

Mother:

Margaret Charlotte (Erickson) E.

Spouse:

Dorothy Dumble