Background
Shannon, David Allen was born on November 30, 1920 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of John Raymond and Esther (Allen) Shannon.
Shannon, David Allen was born on November 30, 1920 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of John Raymond and Esther (Allen) Shannon.
Bachelor of Science, Indiana State College, 1941; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1951.
Instructor history, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1948-1951; assistant professor, then associate professor, Columbia Teachers College, 1951-1957; faculty, University of Wisconsin, 1957-1965; professor of history, University of Wisconsin, 1960-1965; professor, department chairman history, U. Maryland., 1965-1968; professor, department chairman history, Rutgers University, 1968-1969; professor of history, dean faculty arts and science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1969-1971; vice president, provost, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1971-1981; Commonwealth professor of history, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, from 1975; professor emeritus, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, until 1991. Teacher University of California at Berkeley, 1957, U. Stockholm, 1959, U. Lund, Sweden, 1960, U. Aix-Marseille, France, 1962-1963. Thomas Jefferson visiting fellow Downing College, U. Cambridge, England, fall 1976.
(1971 REISSUE OF THE 1959 CLASSIC, HARDCOVER, 425 PAGES)
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member Organization American Historians (past executive committee), Virginia History Society (trustee 1981-1991), American History Association, Southern History Association.
Married Jane Short, August 31, 1940. Children: Molly Shannon Osborne, Sarah Shannon Olson.