Louis Freeh

==Early life and career==

==Early life and career==

Freeh was born January 6, 1950, in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], the son of Italian-American mother named Bernice (née Chinchiolo), a bookkeeper, and German-American father named William Freeh Sr., a real estate broker.<ref>{{cite book |last=Eric |first=Martone |date=2016 |title=Italian Americans: The History and Culture of a People |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHJ1DQAAQBAJ&q=Bernice(Chinchiolo)+Freeh,+a+former+bookkeeper.&pg=PA122 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=122 |isbn=978-1-610-69995-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/21/us/change-at-the-fbi-man-in-the-news-the-new-man-for-the-fbi-louis-joseph-freeh.html |title=CHANGE AT THE F.B.I.: Man in the News; The New Man for the F.B.I.: Louis Joseph Freeh |date=July 21, 1993 |work=The New York Times |author=Marks, Peter}}</ref> Freeh, a native of [[North Bergen]],<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/11/former_fbi_director_from_north.html |title=Former FBI director from North Bergen named to head college's Sandusky investigation |work=[[The Star-Ledger]] |date= November 21, 2011 |access-date= November 12, 2012}}</ref> graduated from [[Saint Joseph of the Palisades High School]] in [[West New York, New Jersey]] in 1967. He then graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[Rutgers University–New Brunswick]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1971, and received a [[Juris Doctor]] degree from [[Rutgers School of Law–Newark]] in 1974 and a [[Master of Laws]] degree in criminal law from [[New York University School of Law]] in 1984.

Freeh was born January 6, 1950, in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], the son of an Italian-American mother named Bernice (née Chinchiolo), a bookkeeper, and a German-American father named William Freeh Sr., a real estate broker.<ref>{{cite book |last=Eric |first=Martone |date=2016 |title=Italian Americans: The History and Culture of a People |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHJ1DQAAQBAJ&q=Bernice(Chinchiolo)+Freeh,+a+former+bookkeeper.&pg=PA122 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=122 |isbn=978-1-610-69995-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/21/us/change-at-the-fbi-man-in-the-news-the-new-man-for-the-fbi-louis-joseph-freeh.html |title=CHANGE AT THE F.B.I.: Man in the News; The New Man for the F.B.I.: Louis Joseph Freeh |date=July 21, 1993 |work=The New York Times |author=Marks, Peter}}</ref> Freeh, a native of [[North Bergen]],<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/11/former_fbi_director_from_north.html |title=Former FBI director from North Bergen named to head college's Sandusky investigation |work=[[The Star-Ledger]] |date= November 21, 2011 |access-date= November 12, 2012}}</ref> graduated from [[Saint Joseph of the Palisades High School]] in [[West New York, New Jersey]] in 1967. He then graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[Rutgers University–New Brunswick]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1971, and received a [[Juris Doctor]] degree from [[Rutgers School of Law–Newark]] in 1974 and a [[Master of Laws]] degree in criminal law from [[New York University School of Law]] in 1984.

Freeh was an FBI [[Special Agent]] from 1975 to 1981 in the New York City field office and at FBI Headquarters in [[Washington, D.C.]] In 1981, he joined the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York]] as an Assistant United States Attorney. Subsequently, he held positions there as Chief of the Organized Crime Unit, Deputy United States Attorney, and Associate United States Attorney. He was also a first lieutenant in the [[United States Army Reserve]].<ref name=fbibio>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/freeh.htm |title=Federal Bureau of Investigation-Directors, Then and Now – Louis J. Freeh |access-date=October 20, 2012 |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923235027/http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/freeh.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2010}}</ref><ref name="fjc.gov">{{cite web |url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/freeh-louis-j.|title=Freeh, Louis J. – Federal Judicial Center |website=fjc.gov}}</ref>

Freeh was an FBI [[Special Agent]] from 1975 to 1981 in the New York City field office and at FBI Headquarters in [[Washington, D.C.]] In 1981, he joined the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York]] as an Assistant United States Attorney. Subsequently, he held positions there as Chief of the Organized Crime Unit, Deputy United States Attorney, and Associate United States Attorney. He was also a first lieutenant in the [[United States Army Reserve]].<ref name=fbibio>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/freeh.htm |title=Federal Bureau of Investigation-Directors, Then and Now – Louis J. Freeh |access-date=October 20, 2012 |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923235027/http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/freeh.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2010}}</ref><ref name="fjc.gov">{{cite web |url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/freeh-louis-j.|title=Freeh, Louis J. – Federal Judicial Center |website=fjc.gov}}</ref>