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Robert S. Frew was a professor of architecture and a graduate of the University of Waterloo. Few was born March 2, 1940 in Chapelton, Scotland to James G. Few, a blacksmith, and Hannah Morrow Simpson, a weaver. Frew gradated from the Mackintosh School of Architecture (Glasgow) in 1963 and obtained a B.Arch from the Manitoba School of Architecture in 1965. He completed an M.A.S.C. Engineering in 1967 and a PhD. Engineering from in 1973 from the University of Waterloo, where he was involved with building the Kaleidoscope Pavilion at Expo 67.
Frew taught Yale School of Architecture, where he worked from 1969 to 1999, Along with Bob Workman, Frew founded the Computer Science Department at Southern Connecticut State University, where he served as chair of the department from 1981 to 1984 and taught from 1978 to 2003. Outside of his professional career, Frew served as president of Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven, and taught dance with the New Haven Branch of Royal Country Scottish Dancers.
Frew died September 22, 2023 in New Haven and was interred in Grove Street Cemetery.
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Created December 2023 by DR.
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- Robert Few Obituary - Lupinski Funeral Home