Background
Schmidhauser, John Richard was born on January 3, 1922 in New York City. Son of Richard J. and Gertrude (Grabinger) Schmidhauser.
congressman political science professor
Schmidhauser, John Richard was born on January 3, 1922 in New York City. Son of Richard J. and Gertrude (Grabinger) Schmidhauser.
Bachelor with honors, University Delaware, 1949. Master of Arts, University Virginia, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, 1954.
Instructor, University of Virginia, 1952-1954;
professor constitutional law, University Iowa, 1954-1964;
professor political science, U. Iowa, 1967-1973;
professor political science, University of Southern California, 1973-1992;
professor emeritus, University of Southern California, since 1993. Member 89th Congress 1st district Iowa. Research fellow Research Institute onJud.
Process, Social Science Research Council, 1958. Senior fellow law andbehavorial science University of Chicago Law School, 1959-1960. Talbot visiting professor government.U. Virginia, 1982-1983.
Chairman Citizens Action Committee for Fair Representation in Iowa Legislature, 1961. District chairman Operation Support President Kennedy and Johnson, since 1961. Chairman Johnson County Democratic Central Committee, 1961-1964.
Delegate Iowa Democratic Conventions, 1956, 58, 60, 62. Member Democratic National Committee Alumni Council, since 1986. Chairman Santa Barbara, California Democratic Central Committee, 1991-1992.
Member executive committee Los Padres chapter of the Sierra Club, 1992-1996. Secretary Santa Barbara Democratic League, 1993-1996. With United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945, PTO. Member Iowa City Manager Association (board representatives 1956-1959, chairman handbook revision 1958), International Political Science Association (chairman research committee for comparative judicial studies 1980-1988), American Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association (vice president, program chairman 1980-1981, president-elect 1981-1982), American Association of University Professors (secretary-treasurer State University Iowa 1958-1959, member committee on relationship federal and state government to higher education, member executive committee University Southern California chapter 1983-1992), Humanities Society, Raven Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Thelma Lorraine Ficker, June 9, 1952. Children: Steven, Paul, Thomas, John C., Martha, Sara, Susan.