Doc’s Café, a160-seat seating area for eating. The multipurpose room has a dining area called the Freeman Dining Room that can be sectioned off for private events.
There are also private study pods that can be used for quiet study time or personal phone calls.
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Col. Melvin D. Freeman, a member of the Board of Trustees from 1993-2008, and his wife Helen Yuder Freeman held a revered place among the NYMC's most steadfast supporters. Both individually and as a couple, the two were longtime benefactors of programs in research, education and student life. Their generosity made dozens of advances and improvements possible, from student research programs, equipment purchases, renovations and capital improvements, to social and cultural events for students as well as scholarships. In 1999, at the College’s 140th Commencement, the Freemans were each awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. Family members say the two were deeply touched by the honor and spoke of it often and with pride. Beginning with the re-establishment of the Parents’ Council when their daughter Susan entered the School of Medicine in 1975, Mel and Helen Freeman were a driving force behind many programs and projects, with a special affinity for the basic sciences. They funded a protein sequencer, a motorized fluorescent microscope, the construction of several multipurpose rooms in the Health Sciences Library, a teaching laboratory, a conference room in the graduate school and a dining room annex to the main cafeteria. Until his illness, he was director of psychological services at Federation Employment and Guidance Service, a non-profit human services agency. For 31 years he proudly served in the U.S. Air Force on active duty and in the reserves. Col. Freeman succumbed to cancer on August 26, 2008, at the age of 89.