Background
Rippy, James Fred was born on October 27, 1892 in Summer County, Tennessee, United States.
Rippy, James Fred was born on October 27, 1892 in Summer County, Tennessee, United States.
AB, Southwestern U., 1913; AM, Vanderbilt University, 1915; Native Sons fellow, University of California, 1917-1918; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1920; Guggenheim fellow, 1927; Carnegie fellow, 1928; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Southwestern U., 1961.
Assistant in history, University of California, 1917-1920;
instructor in history, University of Chicago, 1920-1923;
assistant professor of history, University of Chicago, 1923-1924;
associate professor of history, University of Chicago, 1924-1926;
professor of history, Duke U., 1926-1936;
professor of history, University of Chicago, 1936-1958;
professor emeritus American history, University of Chicago, from 1958. Albert Shaw lecturer in American Diplomacy, Johns Hopkins University, 1928. Lecturer Institute Interamericano of National U. Mexico, 1929.
Walter Fleming lecturer U. Louisiana, 1941. Walker Ames lecturer U. Washington, 1945.
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Member of the United States National Committee on History and Geography. Delegate Pan-American Conference on History and Geography, 1935. Member American Academy Political and Social Science, American History Association, Mississippi Valley History Association, North Carolina History and Literature Society (president 1933-1934), American Association of University Professors, Cosmos Club (Washington), Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha, Phi Alpha Theta.
M. Mary Dozier Allen, August 19, 1915. Children: James Fred, Robert Allen, Frazier Winston.