Background

Linderman, Gerald Floyd was born on September 13, 1934 in Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Floyd Merrill and Leonore Schell Linderman.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, Connecticut, 1956. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, Illinois, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Illinois, 1971.

Career

Foreign service officer Department of State, Washington, 1956—1966, vice consul Kaduna, Nigeria, 1959—1961, consul Madras, India, 1961—1963, political officer, second secretary of embassy Leopoldville, 1964—1965. Instructor Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1968—1969. Lecturer University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1969—1971, assistant professor, 1971—1974, associate professor, 1974—1986, professor, 1986—1995, emeritus professor, since 1995.

Fellow Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1977—1978. Professor military history United States Army Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1988—1989. Private United States Army Reserve, 1958-1965.

Achievements

• Gerald Floyd Linderman has been listed as a noteworthy historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Organization of America Historians, Society of Military Historians.

Interests

• Jogging, walking, classical music, reading.

Connections

Married Barbara Rosemary Silliman, December 22, 1956. Children: Karen Elizabeth Flores, Kathryn Rebecca.

Father:

Floyd Merrill

Mother:

Leonore Schell Linderman

Spouse:

Barbara Rosemary Silliman

child:

Kathryn Rebecca Linderman

child:

Karen Elizabeth Flores Linderman