Freeman Fairchild ’39

Freeman died Jan. 3, 2002, at East Hampton, N.Y., his home since 1968, when he retired after 25 years with Turner Construction. Shortly after graduation, Freeman joined the Army and was eventually assigned to the Seventh Armored Division, which sailed for Europe on June 6, 1944, and became part of Patton's Third Army in the fight on the continent that summer. They fought across France and were in Belgium when the Germans launched the Ardennes offensive that became the Battle of the Bulge. Freeman's division was in the worst combat of the battle. For his conduct during that period he was promoted to captain and awarded the Bronze Star.

In retirement Freeman was coowner and comanager of an East Hampton golf course. In 1986 he suffered a broken neck but happily made a complete recovery. He was able to pursue his avocations, fly-fishing and upland bird shooting, and his activities with the East Hampton Historical Society. Freeman never married. He is survived by a niece and three nephews of whom one is A. Tappen Soper '56. We offer them all our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939