Eldridge Johnson Freeman ’32
El died Nov. 6, 2004. He was 93.
He prepared at Haverford [Pa.] School. At Princeton he was on the gym team his first three years and on the polo team all four years, and was a member of Campus Club. Sophomore, junior, and senior years he roomed with Ed Tryon. Among his relatives who attended Princeton was Richard L. Freeman '35.
El entered business as assistant to his father, Ralph L. Freeman, president of the Lumbermen's Insurance Co. He left in 1934 to establish his own general insurance brokerage office. In 1937, El and Louis E. Toro Jr., also of our class, formed the partnership of Freeman, Toro & Co., operating as insurance brokers. He was a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve after serving three years during World War II. He received the designation of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter in 1947.
El was a member of the Merion [Pa.] Cricket Club and Merion Golf Club; served as a director of the Main Line Chamber of Commerce, Bryn Mawr Civic Association, and Main Line Kiwanis Club; and was district chairman of the Boy Scout Camp Development Fund Campaign.
El is survived by his wife, Mary; two daughters; a son; and eight grandchildren, to whom the class sends condolences.
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