Christopher Newport University President Paul Trible today announced the new name of the Sports and Convocation Center, as well as names for specific areas in the building. The new multi-purpose facility will be called The Freeman Center. Robert L. Freeman, Sr. is one of the Peninsula s leading business and community leaders.
Freeman is also very involved in the community.
He currently serves as a Trustee for the Mariners Museum and is a Deacon and Trustee of North Riverside Baptist Church. He is a Founding Director of the Virginia Living Museum, and has served as a Director of the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Director of the College of William and Mary Athletic Educational Foundation and Chairman of the Board of Hampton Roads Academy. Freeman has also been Director of the Virginia Peninsula Economic Development Council, Chairman of the Peninsula United Fund Drive, and Vice President of the Port Authority Terminals. Bob Freeman has spent a lifetime helping to make Virginia a better place to live, work and raise a family. The gift from the Freeman family is the largest private gift CNU has ever received.