1926
Ms. Fremont-Smith is born in Boston, Massachusetts to Max and Frances Ritvo.
1948
Ms. Fremont-Smith graduates from Wellesley College with honors, receiving a Bachelor of Art, and is admitted to practice in the state of Massachusetts.
1951
Ms. Fremont-Smith graduates cum laude from Boston University, earning an LLB.
1958
Ms. Fremont-Smith becomes an instructor in the department of political science at Wellesley College.
1961
Ms. Fremont-Smith serves as assistant attorney general of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1963
Ms. Fremont-Smith becomes project director of the Russell Sage Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts.
1964
Ms. Fremont-Smith joins Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP (now Choate) as an associate.
1965
Ms. Fremont-Smith authors “Foundations and Government: State and Federal Law and Supervision.”
1971
Ms. Fremont-Smith becomes a partner at Choate, Hall & Stewart.
1972
Ms. Fremont-Smith authors “Philanthropy and the Business Corporation.”
1979
Ms. Fremont-Smith is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States.
1997
Ms. Fremont-Smith becomes Of Senior Counsel at Choate, Hall & Stewart.
1998
Ms. Fremont-Smith becomes a senior research fellow with the Hauses Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University.
2004
Ms. Fremont-Smith authors “Governing Nonprofit Organizations: Federal and State Law and Regulation” published by Belknap Press and Harvard University Press.
2005
Ms. Fremont-Smith retires from her legal career.
2008
Ms. Fremont-Smith serves as a lecturer at Harvard Law School.
2017
Ms. Fremont-Smith is honored with Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.