Background
Simmons, Jerold Lee was born on August 30, 1941 in Lexington, Nebraska, United States. Son of Wilbur Milton and Ernestine (Nolan) Simmons.
Simmons, Jerold Lee was born on August 30, 1941 in Lexington, Nebraska, United States. Son of Wilbur Milton and Ernestine (Nolan) Simmons.
Bachelor, Kearney State University, 1963; Master of Arts in History, Omaha U., 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of Minnesota, 1971.
Assistant professor of history, Bellevue (Nebraska) College, 1973-1979;
from assistant professor to professor of history, U. Nebraska, Omaha, since 1979. Visiting lecturer Illinois College, Jacksonville, 1971-1972, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1972-1973. President Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, 1989-1990.
Consultant in field.
Chair Bellevue Bicentennial Committee, 1976. Fellow Center Great Plains Studies. Member American Association of University Professors, Organisation American Historians.
Married Betty Lou Hahn, August 22, 1967.
