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Born in 1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry, Freeman is best remembered for initiating the Food Stamp Program for under-resourced people which is still in use today.

Freeman was a 1940 graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he met his lifelong friend and political ally, Hubert Humphrey, and his future wife and lifelong partner Jane Shields.

During World War II, he served as a combat officer in United States Marine Corps, achieving the rank of Major.