Mansfield Freeman

Mansfield Freeman
Born	September 16, 1895(1895-09-16) Waltham, Massachusetts
Died	November 17, 1992(1992-11-17) Greensboro, Vermont
Occupation	Insurance executive

Mansfield Freeman was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on September 16, 1895, the son of Luther Freeman, a Methodist minister. He was one of the original management group that started an insurance business in China that became the American International Group (AIG). He also was a prominent scholar of Chinese philosophy and a generous philanthropist. He died on November 17, 1992 at his farm in Greensboro, Vermont at the age of 97.

Freeman was also the founder of the Freeman Foundation.^[1] He was an alumnus of Wesleyan University in Connecticut, year of 1916. The Freeman Asian Scholarship was established at Wesleyan in his honor.^[2][3] In addition, his endowment established the Freeman Center for East Asian Studies at the university.^[4][5][6]

Freeman's published works include an introduction to and translation of Preservation of Learning by Yen Yuan, a 17th century Chinese philosopher. In 1990, he co-authored Tai Chen and Mencius: Explorations in Words and Meaning with Annping Chin, who is now a professor at Yale.

Notes

1. ^ http://www.macalester.edu/freemangrant/about_Freeman.html
2. ^ http://www.wesleyan.edu/fasa/about_scholarship.htm
3. ^ http://www.stowetoday.com/stowe_reporter/news/local_news/article_fcac8f38-039f-11e0-aed6-001cc4c03286.html
4. ^ http://www.jgarden.org/gardens.asp?ID=452
5. ^ http://www.wesleyan.edu/mansfield/
6. ^ http://www.wesleyan.edu/mansfield/about/index.html

External links

• Short biographical sketch on Yale University Website
• Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University
• Obituary of Mansfield Freeman on New York Times

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Name	Freeman, Mansfield
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Date of birth	September 16, 1895
Place of birth	Waltham, Massachusetts
Date of death	November 17, 1992
Place of death	Greensboro, Vermont