Dr. Herbert Freeman (born Herbert Freinmann, December 13, 1925 – November 15, 2020) was an American computer scientist who made important contributions to the field of automatic label placement, computer graphics, including spatial anti-aliasing, and machine vision.
Freeman's parents, Leo and Johanna, and his brother, Henry, emigrated to the United States in 1936.
Herbert was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and was unable to join his family in the United States until 1938.
[1] He married Joan Sleppin in 1955 and they had three children, Nancy, Susan, and Robert.
[3][4] Freeman held many professorial posts such as in RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), NYU, and Rutgers University.