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My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that.

Freeman A. Hrabowski III

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Freeman A. Hrabowski III
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 13
Mathematician
University President
Birmingham
Alabama
Freeman Hrabowski
Freeman A. Hrabowski III
PhD
Freeman Alphonsa Hrabowski III
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