Background
Lydolph, Paul Edward was born on January 4, 1924 in Bonaparte, Iowa, United States. Son of Guy W. and Pauline (Ruschke) Lydolph.
Lydolph, Paul Edward was born on January 4, 1924 in Bonaparte, Iowa, United States. Son of Guy W. and Pauline (Ruschke) Lydolph.
Bachelor of Arts, University Iowa, 1948; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1955; student, Harvard University, 1944; student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1945; student, University of California at Los Angeles, 1956; student, University California at Berkeley, 1956-1957.
Teacher mathematics, Pisgah (Iowa) Public School, 1946-1947;
Teacher mathematics, Packwood (Iowa) Public School, 1947-1949;
assistant professor, then associate professor, Los Angeles State College, 1952-1959;
member of faculty, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, since 1959;
professor geography, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 1962-1992;
emeritus, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, since 1992;
department chairman, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 1963-1969, 71-72. Lecturer U. Hawaii, summer 1965, University of Oxford, Stockholm School Economics, 1970. C.I.C. Exchange professor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1977, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1978.
Smithsonian Institution tour director to, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1976, 77, 78, 79.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1947.
Married Mary J. Klahn, December 17, 1966. Children by previous marriage— Edward, Donald, Paul, Thomas, Andrew.