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Born
and raised in Florence, SC. The last of six children, and the
only boy. Living with seven women meant I rarely saw the inside of
the bathroom. (It was months before I realized we had new wall paper).
Thus, I learned to play games and sports from the guys in the neighborhood.
Growing up, I always had a fascination with electronics. I once took apart my mom's radio to see how it worked. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to get it back together again. Thus, we had to buy a new radio. This was the beginning of my hands-on approach to learning, which has served me well during my career. |
During my junior year
at Wilson
High School,
I enrolled in the Electronics program at South Florence Vocational School
in 1980. My teacher was Mr. Allard Davis. We called him "Mr. D"
for short. Mr. D taught me many lessons, the most important being - have
fun! He explained that you'll never be satisfied with work if you don't
enjoy what you do.
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About the same time I started attending vocation school, my Alegbra teacher convinced me to join the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS). The JETS was a nonprofit educational society promoting interest in engineering, technology, mathematics, and science. |
On the first day of
class at Vocational School, all the guys were excited by the televisions
and radios scattered throughout the classroom/lab. I gravitated towards
the new lab benches which contained an assortment of built-in electronic
experiments. All the knobs, meters and gauges piqued my curiosity. We
repaired tube-filled TVs and radios brought in by brave facility members.
I even fixed my sister's television, which had been struck during a lightning
storm. Mr. D taught me how to read a schematic like a map, with current
following the path less traveled. Simple analogies like that made learning
easy.
During the 2 years I spent at vocational school, Mr. D allowed me to perform
as many lab experiments as I could handle. By the end of the 2nd year,
I was doing my own projects and learned many valuable lessons that would
prepare me for college. Mr. D pushed me towards DeVry,
although I wanted to explore a four-year college (Clemson). He thought
I would get bored in a traditional 4-year college. He was right!
Born
Michael Tyrone Freeman
Florence,
South Carolina
Family
Married,
2 children
College
DeVry
Technical Institute
Woodbridge, NJ (now in North Brunswick, NJ)
Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology (BSEET)
Graduated October, 1985
Employment
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Professional Afflications
American Society
of Test Engineers (ASTE) - Atlanta Chapter President
Institute of Environmental
Sciences and Technology (IEST) - former Atlanta Chapter President
Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) - member
Charity
United Way
Habitat For Humanity
Atlanta Union Mission
American Red Cross
American Kidney Foundation