Education
Harvard University; Swarthmore College.
Harvard University; Swarthmore College.
Born in Highland Park, Illinois, to Jane Younker and Jay Simon, he was on the history faculty of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, for 44 years. Simon had Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy history degrees from Harvard University. He died July 8, 2008 in Carbondale, Illinois at the age of 75.
"(He is) one of the finest people I"ve ever metropolitan" -- Geoffrey Perret, author of Ulysses South. Grant: Soldier & President.