John R. Freeman Fund

"It seems only fair that, when one has found lifelong happiness, and attained a competence from his profession, he should recognize the debt he owes to those who went before him and whose data he used, and should in some way try to help those young [engineers] in his profession who are following after."   --John R Freeman

The 2011 John R. Freeman Lecture, “Closing the Water Cycle, Recovering Energy and Resources in the Future Sustainable Communities” was presented by Prof. Vladimir Novotny, Professor, Northeastern University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Boston, MA on Monday, April 11, 2011 at MIT's Tang Center. <View the Lecture>

The Lecture for 2010, “Rubbish, Stink and Death: The Historical Evolution, Present State and Future Direction of Water-Quality Management and Modeling” was presented at MIT by Steven C. Chapra, Ph.D., Professor and Berger Chair, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Tufts University on April 26, 2010 at MIT. <View the Lecture>

The 2009 John R. Freeman Lecture, “Big City, Big Aqueduct, Big Challenge: Planning Repairs of NYC’s Leaking Delaware Aqueduct” was presented by Paul V. Rush, P.E., Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection-Bureau of Water Supply on April 14, 2009 at the MIT.  <Video of this lecture is not available>

The Annual John R. Freeman Lecture for 2008, "Singapore's Marina Barrage" was given by Dr. Brendan M. Harley of CDM on April 14, 2008 at MIT. <View the Lecture>

The Annual John R. Freeman Lecture for 2007, "Cape Cod's Billion Dollar Ground-Water Cleanup: The Hydrologic Story"  was given by Denis LeBlanc of the U.S. Geological Survey on April 9, 2007. <View the Lecture>

The 2006 Annual John R. Freeman Lecture, "Integrated Water Resources Management in the Midst of Chaos and Caducity: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina" was given by Eugene Z. Stakhiv, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. <View the Lecture>