Background
May, Robert E. was born on July 6, 1943 in Brklyn. Son of Edna L. May.
May, Robert E. was born on July 6, 1943 in Brklyn. Son of Edna L. May.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1969.
Associate professor history Purdue University, 1975—1986, professor history, since 1986. Historian-in-residence Monmouth Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi, 1988. Executive committee member Indiana Association Historians, Indianapolis, 1989—1990.
Board governors Tippecanoe County History Association, Lafayette, Indiana, 1995—2002. Francis B. Simkins award committee Southern History Association, 1996—1997. Merle Curti award intellectual history committee member Organization American Historians, Bloomington, Indiana, 2001—2003.
English 12 end-of-course assessments team member Indiana Department Education, Indianapolis, 2003, Congress of Racial Equality-40 United States history assessment committee member, 2003—2004.
President, program chair West Lafayette Sagamore Lions Club, Indiana, 1978—2006.
Married Jill Powell, June 10, 1967. Children: Heather R., S. Beth.