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Freeman has been a governor of a number of schools. He was vice chairperson of the board of East
Airport School from 2002 to 2012, vice chairman of the Accra Academy board of governors from 2009 to 2013, chairman of the board of governors of Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School from 2013 to 2017
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as a permanent site for the school, leading to the relocation of the school in 1984. From 1977 to 1978, he served as secretary of the
Greater Accra Regional branch of CHASS, and from January 1982 to August 1984, he was chairman of the branch. He became national secretary of CHASS in 1984. In 1985,
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Freeman became managing director of Read-wide bookshop from
January 1997 to June 1999. In October 1999 he became managing director of a bookselling company and educational consultancy. He has also served as National President of the Ananda Marga Yoga Society. Freeman was also chairman of the
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from 1985 to 1996 and served on several committees and boards of the organisation during this period. Freeman was a member of the national council of the Ghana
National Association of Teachers from 1989 to 1993. He served on the council of the
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In 1987, Freeman was appointed a member of the Ghana
Association of Private Voluntary Organisations in Development (GAPVOD). In 1991, he was the representative of GAPVOD to the Consultative Assembly whose work was to draft the
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English master, and transferred again to Salem Secondary School in 1968. In 1969, he returned to O'Reilly as senior English master before being appointed assistant headmaster at O'Reilly from 1970 to 1974.
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from 1993 to 1996. He held the positions of headmaster of Accra
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champion and represented the school in competitions. In 1958, Freeman was elected a class captain and subsequently house prefect of St. Francis House.
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in 1960. He joined the university's athletic team and became its shot put champion after setting a record. Freeman served as president of
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from April 1951 to December 1952. Freeman was admitted into
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Simon Ontoyin (2021). "Vincent Birch Freeman (Biography)".
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Freeman became a member of the Ghana National Committee of
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