Background
Zimmer, Basil George was born on June 29, 1920 in Smith Creek, Michigan, United States. Son of Walter Nicholas and Mary Alice (Martin) Zimmer.
Zimmer, Basil George was born on June 29, 1920 in Smith Creek, Michigan, United States. Son of Walter Nicholas and Mary Alice (Martin) Zimmer.
Student, Port Huron (Michigan) Junior College, 1939-1941; student, Shrivenham American U., England, 1945; Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1947; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1954.
Teaching fellow, University of Michigan, 1948-1950;
research assistant department corrections, University of Michigan, 1948;
lecturer, resident director, Social Science Research Project, 1953-1959;
associate professor, University of Michigan-Flint College, 1957-1959;
associate professor, Brown U., Providence, 1959-1961;
professor, Brown U., 1962-1990;
chairman urban studies, Brown U., 1974-1990. Fellow Human Resources Research Institute unites states department Air Force, 1952-1953. Instructor Eastern Michigan U., 1950-1951, University of Michigan, 1951-1952.
Assistant professor Fla.State U., 1952-1953. Consultant Metropolitan Area Problems, Flint, 1956-1959, Research Medical Research Council U. Aberdeen, Scotland, 1965, 70, 72, Demographic Training Center U. Kerala, India, 1964, Division Vocational Rehabilitation Special School Project, 1964-1990. Visiting scholar Australian National U., 1973.
(Book by Hawley, Amos H., Zimmer, Basil G.)
Member Urban League, 1955-1990. Chairman General Plan, Providence, 1963-1990. Board directors Flint Youth Board, Center for Urban Studies, 1974-1990.
Member executive committee Mayor's Advisory Committee Urban Renewal. Member committee urban transportation research Highway Research Board, 1961-1963. President Urban Observatory of Rhode Island, 1978-1990.
Served with Army of the United States, 1941-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Sociological Association. Member Population Association American, Eastern Sociological Society, International Union Science Study Population.
Married Janet Mae Jackson, November 3, 1942. Children: Basil George, Linda Jean.