George Floyd Zimmerman

Background

Zimmerman, George Floyd was born on May 17, 1891 in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Andrews and Mary Elizabeth (Else) Zimmerman.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, Dickinson College, 1915; AM, Dickinson College, 1918; STB, Boston University, 1918; Department of Science and Technology, Dickinson College, 1951; Master of Religious Education, Boston University, 1920; Doctor of Divinity, Atlanta Theological Sem, 1929; Doctor of Laws, Florida Southern College, 1944; HHD, Temple University, 1944.

Career

Director religious education, Sixth Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, 1920-1921; director religious education, Albion (Michigan) Methodist Episcopal Church, 1921-1922; head department economics and finance, Albion College, 1921-1922; associate pastor, Cass Ave Church, Detroit, 1922-1923; treasurer, head department economics, dean summer sessions, Atlanta U., 1923-1926; dean and head department religious education, Atlanta Theological Seminary (now Atlanta Theological Seminary Foundation, affiliated with Vanderbilt University School Religion, Nashville), 1926-1931; dean, professor philosophy and religious education, Temple University School Theology, Philadelphia, 1931-1941; dean chair of democracy, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, from 1941; professor emeritus, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, from 1941. Trustee, director Hotel Bentley, Alexandria, Louisiana.

Achievements

• George Floyd Zimmerman has been listed as a noteworthy Dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Philadelphia Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church Lieutenant United States Army, 1918-1919. Advertising Educational Foundation in France. Member Lakeland Art Guild (president), Masons, Kiwanis, Alpha Chi Rho, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Kappa Pi.

Connections

Married Florence Venn, May22, 1920 (deceased 1960). 1 son, George Floyd; married second, Ethel Wagg Selby, July 1, 1961.

Father:

George Andrews Zimmerman

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Else) Zimmerman

Spouse:

second

Spouse:

Florence Venn