Editing Walter Jackson Freeman II (section)

==Early years==
Walter J. Freeman was born on November 14, 1895, and raised in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], by his parents. Freeman's grandfather, [[William Williams Keen]], was well known as a surgeon in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. His father was also a very successful doctor. Freeman attended [[Yale University]] beginning in 1912, and graduated in 1916. He then moved on to study [[neurology]] at the [[Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania|University of Pennsylvania Medical School]]. While attending medical school, he studied the work of William Spiller and idolized his groundbreaking work in the new field of the neurological sciences. Freeman applied for a coveted position working alongside Spiller in his home town of Philadelphia, but was rejected.<ref name="rowland">{{cite journal|last=Rowland|first=Lewis|date=April 2005|title=Walter Freeman's Psychosurgery and Biological Psychiatry: A Cautionary Tale |journal=Neurology Today|volume=5|issue=4|pages=70–72|doi=10.1097/00132985-200504000-00020}}</ref>

Shortly afterward, in 1924, Freeman relocated to [[Washington, D.C.]], and started practicing as the first neurologist in the city.<ref name=rowland/> Upon his arrival in Washington, Freeman began work directing laboratories at [[St. Elizabeths Hospital]].<ref name=rowland/> Working at the hospital and witnessing the pain and distress suffered by the patients encouraged him to continue his education in the field.<ref name=rowland/> Freeman earned his PhD in [[neuropathology]] within the following few years and secured a position at [[George Washington University]] in Washington, D.C., as head of the neurology department.<ref name=rowland/>

In 1932, his mother died at the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Walter J. Freeman. Daughter, Widow and Mother of Physicians Was Philadelphian |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0916F63A5516738DDDA10A94D8415B828FF1D3|newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=October 28, 1932 |access-date=2013-12-16 }}</ref>