Background
Pitzer, Donald Elden was born on May 6, 1936 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Elden Pitzer and Gladys Marie Weller Pitzer.
Pitzer, Donald Elden was born on May 6, 1936 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Elden Pitzer and Gladys Marie Weller Pitzer.
Bachelor, Wittenberg State University, Springfield, 1958. Attended, Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania, 1957. Attended, Pennsylvania State University, 1959.
Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1966.
Instructor, Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania, 1959-1961;
teaching associate, Ohio State University, 1963-1966;
manuscript librarian, Ohio History Society, summer 1966;
assistant professor, Taylor U., Upland, Indiana, 1966-1967;
professor of history, University of Southern Indiana, since 1967;
chairman history Department, University Southern Indiana, since 1988;
director Center for Communal Studies, University of Southern Indiana, since 1976. Director annual Historic Communal Socs. Conference, since 1974.
Historian New Harmony Commission Indiana, 1973-1984. Scholar-in-residence Harvard University, 1983. Colston lecturer U. Bristol (England), 1983.
Lecturer U. Haifa, 1983, Keio U., 1984, U. Edinburgh, 1988. Robert Owen lecturer U. Tokyo, 1984. Trustee Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, 1988-1992.
Member Popular Culture Association, National History Communal Socs. Association (president 1975-1976, executive director since 1976), Organisation American Historians, Indiana Association Historians, Indiana History Society, International Communal Studies Association (charter, board directors since 1986, president 1988-1991), Fellowship for Intentional Community (board directors 1989-1992), Harmonie Associations (board directors 1987-1992, vice president, 1989-1991).
Married Mariann Hershey Pitzer (divorced). Children: Tonja S., Donald E. II. Married Connie Lee Pollard Pitzer, September 15, 2005.