Robert L. Freeman
Elected: March 24, 1986
Inducted: June 26, 1986
Born: July 25, 1924, Copperhill, Tennessee
Married: Elizabeth Williams,
Chattanooga, Tennessee – 1945
Children: Robert Alan Freeman
Roger Steven Freeman
Tyler Freeman
History: Tennessee Public Schools
University of Chattanooga
United States Air Force – 1942-1948
Major, Retired Reserve
Ernest Holmes Company – 1948-1973
Retired as Vice President, March 31, 1984
Memberships: Equipment and Tool Institute, Director
T.B.E.A. Wrecker Division
Director, President, Vice President
Awards: United States Presidential Citation with Cluster, France, 1944
Distinguished Flying Cross, 1944
Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, 1944-1945
French Croix De Guerre, 1944
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HALL OF FAME NOMINEE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Tow Equipment/Product Innovation
Innovation of a product sold in the marketplace that has helped move the industry forward. Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of service to the industry.
Exemplary Dedication
Candidate must have 20 years running a towing business in an outstanding and exemplary manner, promoting a positive image of the towing industry and have positive relations with the community, i.e., performing services for the community about and beyond the services for hire. Limit: One inductee per year.
Industry Leadership
Leadership involved with an outstanding project that has had a dynamic and lasting effect on the towing industry. Candidate must have minimum 10 years service to the towing industry.
Professional Achievement
Creating a product or service of any kind that has had a significant and lasting effect on thousands of towing professionals. Candidate Must have a minimum of 10 years to the industry.