Stanley Barron Freeborn (December 11, 1891 – July 17, 1960) served as the first chancellor of

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between 1958 and June 1959. Prior to being the first chancellor of

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, Freeborn was the dean of the College of Agriculture at

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. Following his death in 1960, UC Davis renamed its assembly hall to ''Freeborn Hall'' in his honor.

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Stanley B. Freeborn Papers
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Special Collections Dept.
University Library, University of California, Davis
Images of Stanley Freeborn from UCD Archives
{{DEFAULTSORT:Freeborn, Stanley Barron Chancellors of the University of California, Davis 1960 deaths 1891 births 20th-century American academics