Background
Zimmermann, Erich Walter was born on July 31, 1888 in Mainz, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Eugenie (Grüneberg) Zimmermann.
Zimmermann, Erich Walter was born on July 31, 1888 in Mainz, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Eugenie (Grüneberg) Zimmermann.
Graduate Gymnasium, Düsseldorf, 1907. Student university of Berlin, Munchen, Birmingham (England), 1907-1911. Doctor of Philosophy, University Bonn, 1911.
Doctor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1949.
Came to the United States, 1911, naturalized, 1925. Instructor economics, New York University, 1914-1918. Professor economics, James Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, 1918-1921.
Associate professor economics U. North Carolina, 1921-1924, professor 1924-1934, Kenan professor, 1934-1942.
Distinguished graduate professor resources University Texas, since 1942, also distinguished graduate professor economics, 1948. Consultant economist United States Bureau Mines, Washington, 1920-1923.
Member of staff, Puerto Rican Survey. Brookings Institute, 1929.
Director research, Interdepartmental Committee on Prize ring (The), 1939-1940.
Director National bureau of Economics Research, 1941-1942. Consultant Department State, Washington, 1943-1944.
Member American Economics Association, Association American Geographers. Winner of the Mayflower Society’s Cup, 1934.
Married Margaret Hoff, June 23, 1917. Children: Erika Sophia, Charles Hoff, Margaret Eugenia.