John Ripley Freeman

John Ripley Freeman

John Ripley Freeman (1855-1932) was an American civil and hydraulic engineer. Freeman was born in West Bridgton, Maine and received his undergraduate degree from MIT in 1876. He is noted for his efforts to design and build the Charles River Dam, advising the government on dam and lock foundations for the Panama Canal, and influencing the design MIT's new campus. He was also the founder and president of Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Co.. He also served on the National Advisory Board on Aeronautics during World War I.

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*Harvard reference|last=Jarzombek |first=Mark |authorlink=Mark Jarzombek |title=Designing MIT: Bosworth's New Tech |place=Boston |year=2004 |publisher=Northeastern University Press
*cite web|url=http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/researchroom/rr_env_guide_9.shtml |title=Freeman, John Ripley (1855-1932). Papers, 1827-1955. |accessdate=2007-04-11
*cite web|url=http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/panama/ |title=Theodore Roosevelt's Letter to J.P. Freeman |accessdate=2007-04-11


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