Background
Dykstra, Robert Rozeboom was born on August 29, 1930 in Ames, Iowa, United States. Son of Bernard Ryer and Lucy Ruth (Dykstra) Rozeboom.
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Dykstra, Robert Rozeboom was born on August 29, 1930 in Ames, Iowa, United States. Son of Bernard Ryer and Lucy Ruth (Dykstra) Rozeboom.
Student, Iowa State College, 1948; Bachelor of Arts, University Iowa, 1953; Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1964.
Assistant professor of history, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1965-1967;
associate professor of history, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1967-1968;
associate professor of history, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1968-1973;
professor, U. Iowa, 1973-1981;
professor of history public policy, State University of New York-Albany, since 1981. Charles Warren fellow Harvard University, 1978-1979. Western history consultant Time-Life Books, 1972.
Project consultant Wichita History Museum Association, 1979-1980. External examiner U. Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, 1979-1980. Research assoc.Am. Antiquarian Society, 1985-1986.
Media panelist National Endowment for Humanities, 1985.
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Member Iowa Review Committee, History Preservation Program, National Park Service, 1971-1981. Editorial consultant Annals of Iowa, since 1978. Served with United States Army, 1953-1957.
Fellow Society of America Historians (judge Parkman prize competition 1982-1983). Member Iowa History Society (curator, trustee 1973-1980), Kansas History Society, Organization American Historians (editorial board Journal American History 1979-1982, co-recipient Binkley-Stephenson award 1986), Social Science History Association (regional vice chairman 1975-1976, chairman nominating committee 1977).
Married Fritzen Ellen Hinman, December 19, 1952 (divorced 1979). Children: Michael Jack, Terry Jones, Robert Dirk, Eugene Ryer. Married Jo Ann Manfra, August 2, 1980.