Mr. Freed was a naturalized citizen of the United States.
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology, Honorary Doctor of
Humane Letters 1998
Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 1995
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 1995
Bachelor of Architecture
Illinois Institute of Technology 1953
Military Experience
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1953–1955
Professional Experience
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Partner 1989–2005
I. M. Pei & Partners Partner
1980–1989
I. M. Pei & Partners 1966–1980
I. M. Pei & Associates 1956–1966
Mies van der Rohe 1955–1956
Webb & Knapp, Inc., Architectural Division 1950–1955
Michael Reese Planning Association 1952–1953
Danforth & Speyer 1951–1952
Affiliations
American Institute of Architects, Fellow, elected 1977
Architectural League of New York
Municipal Art Society of New York
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow 1994
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Member 1994
Regional Plan Association, New York – New Jersey – Connecticut, Board of Directors 1995–1998
University of Washington, Seattle, Architectural Commission 1984–1991
Art Commission of New York, Commissioner of Architecture 1983–1991
Syracuse University, Advisory Committee 1983–1988
"Creative Time," New York City, Board Member 1974–1984
Council on Tall
Buildings and Urban Habitat, Steering Committee 1982–
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Jury, Member 1981, Chairman 1982
"Art in Public Places," Chicago, Board Member 1976–1978
"Bright New City," Chicago, Board Member 1976–1978
AIA National Committee on Design, Vice Chairman 1974, Chairman 1975
Reynolds Award Jury, Member 1975
National Academy of Design, Associate Member 1988
AIA National Committee on Design,
Member 1972–1973
Teaching Appointments
Yale University, Eero Saarinen Professor of Architectural Design 1985
Columbia University, Adjunct Professor of Architecture 1984
Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Critic 1983
Illinois Institute of Technology, Professor and Dean of Architecture 1975–1978
The Cooper Union, Adjunct Instructor of Design 1958–1959, 1965–1969
Cornell University, Visiting Critic 1963, 1967
Columbia University, Yale University, Cooper Union, Cornell University, Pratt Institute, University of California at Berkeley, Harvard University, Syracuse University, Critic and Jury Member
Awards
Gill Robb Wilson Award for outstanding contribution in the field of Arts and Letters, Air Force Association 2006
Award of Merit, American Institute of Architects, New York State 1999
Interfaith Lifetime Achievement Award, Interfaith Committee of
Remembrance 1998
Presidential Citation for Lifetime Achievement, American Institute of Architects 1998
Award for Design Excellence, Presidential Design Awards, presented at the White House, Washington, D.C.
October 30, 1997
Outstanding Achievement in Design for the Government of the United States 1997
National Medal of Arts, National Endowment for the Arts 1995
Architectural Achievement Award, New York Society of Architects 1994
National
Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, 1994
Sixth Annual Jewish Cultural Achievement Award, The National Foundation for Jewish Culture 1994
Tucker Award, Building Stone Institute 1994
"The Twelve Most Fascinating People of 1993," special presentation on national television/ABC, Barbara Walters, host December 8, 1993
International Arts Award for Architecture, ART/LA 1993
First Annual Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture, The
American Institute of Architects 1992
Lifetime Achievement Award, The New York Society of Architects 1992
Award of Merit, Concrete Industry Board, 1988
National Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, 1988
Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1987
Men of Industry Award, The Concrete Industry Board Inc. 1987
Medal of Honor, New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
1987
Chicago Architecture Award, Illinois Council of the American Institute of Architects 1985
Poses Creative Arts Award: Medal for Architecture, Brandeis University 1981
R. S. Reynolds Memorial Award 1974
