Background
Downey, Matthew T. was born on January 23, 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Matthew Walter Downey and Mary Cleophus Doyle.
Downey, Matthew T. was born on January 23, 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Matthew Walter Downey and Mary Cleophus Doyle.
Bachelor, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1957. Master of Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1958. Master of Arts, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1963.
Assistant professor Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1963—1967. Visiting postdoctoral fellow Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1966—1967. Associate professor University of Colorado, Boulder, 1968—1975, professor, 1975—1987.
Director Clio project University of California, Berkeley, 1989—1996. Professor University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, since 1996. Visiting assistant professor University of California at Los Angeles.
Visiting professor University California, Berkeley.
(A history of Colorado from earliest times to the present.)
(A history of Colorado from earliest times to the present.)
Member policymaking committee Social Science Education Consortium, Boulder, 1996—1999. Member educational policy committee National Commission on Social Studies in Schools, Washington, 1988—1990, California History/Social Science Framework Committee, Sacramento, 1986—1987. Member of Colorado Council for the Social Studies, California Council for the Social Studies (Hilda Taba award 1993), National Council for the Social Studies.
Married Rhett Adams, December 24, 1979. Children: Jonathan Adams, Elizabeth Ann Gibb, Sarah Adams, Thomas Matthew.