Mansfield Freeman

Mansfield Freeman
Born(1895-09-16)September 16, 1895
Waltham, Massachusetts
Died(1992-11-17)November 17, 1992
Greensboro, Vermont
EducationWesleyan University (BA)
OccupationInsurance 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]

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.

  1. ^ "About the Freeman Foundation". www.macalester.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. ^ "Freeman Asian Scholars Alumni Association". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  3. ^ "Freeman had a huge impact". Vermont Community Newspaper Group. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  4. ^ "JGarden.org: Wesleyan University Japanese Garden (Shoyoan Teien; Freeman Family Japanese Garden)". www.jgarden.org. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  5. ^ "Welcome, College of East Asian Studies". www.wesleyan.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-15.