Richard M. Freeland
Richard Middleton Freeland (born May 13, 1941) was president of Northeastern University from 1996 to 2006[1] and served as the Commissioner of Higher Education for Massachusetts from 2008 until 2015.[2]
Early life and career
Freeland grew up in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, and was a 1959 graduate of Mountain Lakes High School; he was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 2014.[3] He was granted a bachelor's degree in American Studies from Amherst College and a doctorate in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania.[4]
Freeland is married to Elsa Nunez and has two children. Freeland's maternal grandmother Georgie Boynton Child was the author of The Efficient Kitchen: Definite Directions for the Planning, Arranging, and Equipping of the Modern Labor Saving Kitchen; A Practical Book for the Homemaker (1914)
During Freeland's tenure, Northeastern University went through major institutional changes, including becoming a more selective institution, switching from quarters to semesters, and opening over $400 million in new facilities.[5]
Books
- The Truman Doctrine and the Origins of McCarthyism (1972)
- Academia's Golden Age: Universities in Massachusetts, 1945-1970 (1992)
- Transforming the Urban University: Northeastern, 1996-2006 (2019) University of Pennsylvania PressISBN 978-0812251210
References
- ↑"Biography of Richard M. Freeland". Archived from the original on September 3, 2006. Retrieved May 6, 2007.
- ↑"High education commissioner Richard Freeland to step down - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.
- ↑Alumni Hall of Fame Richard Freeland Class of 1959Archived 2023-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, Mountain Lakes High School. Accessed September 8, 2019.
- ↑The Carol R. Goldberg Seminars: Steering Committee Biographies, The Boston Foundation, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2007. Accessed January 11, 2015. "Born and raised in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Freeland received a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Amherst College in 1963 and a doctorate in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968."
- ↑"Northeastern University". Archived from the original on April 28, 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2007.
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Amherst College alumni
- Clark University faculty
- Mountain Lakes High School alumni
- People from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey
- People from Orange, New Jersey
- University of Massachusetts Boston faculty
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Presidents of Northeastern University
- American academic administrator, 1940s birth stubs