He has no dependents and is a graduate of MIT, having earned a Ph.D. His earliest heroes are Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and Richard Feynman. Freeman's letter of acceptance to Black Mesa, written May 5, 200-, as it appears in the instruction manual of the PlayStation 2 version of Half-Life.Ī native of Seattle, Washington, Freeman harbors an early interest in theoretical physics, such as quantum mechanics and relativity.