Robert Freeman, former dean of the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin, passed away on Oct. 18 at the age of 87. Freeman, an accomplished administrator, pianist and musicologist, joined the College of Fine Arts as dean in spring 2000 and served in that role until 2007. He served previously as the director of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester for 24 years and as president of the New England Conservatory of Music. In 2015 he retired from the faculty of the Butler School of Music, where he taught courses on the history and future of music as the Susan Menefee Ragan Regents Professor of Fine Arts.