Robert L. Freeman
Inductee #6
Robert L. Freeman was a Tennessee native, attending Tennessee public schools and the University of Chattanooga (now University of Tennessee at Chattanooga). He was a major in the United States Air Force (1942-1948). Mr. Freeman worked for the Ernest Holmes Company from 1948, and in 1973, he transitioned to working for the Ernest Holmes Division, Dover Corporation where he eventually retired from being Vice President in 1984. He was the director of the Equipment and Tool Institute and served as the director, president, and vice president of the TBEA Wrecker Division.
Mr. Freeman received several awards throughout his life, including the United States Presidential Citation (1944), Distinguished Flying Cross (1944), Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters (1944-1945), and the French Croix de Guerre (1944).
Inducted: June 26th, 1986
Born: July 25th, 1924 – Copperhill, Tennessee
Family: Elizabeth Williams (wife); Robert (son), Roger (son), Tyler (son)
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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.