Thomas Callander Price Zimmermann

Background

Zimmermann, Thomas Callander Price was born on August 22, 1934 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of R.Z. and Susan (Goodman) Zimmermann.

Education

Bachelor, Williams College, 1956. Bachelor, Oxford University, 1958. Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1964.

AM, Harvard University, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1964.

Career

Assistant professor Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1964-1967, associate professor, 1967-1973, professor history, 1973-1977, chairman department history, 1973-1975. Vice president academy affairs Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1977-1986, Charles A. Dana professor History, 1986-1999, Charles A. Dana professor history emeritus, 1999-2000, retired, 2000. Member Oregon Committee for Humanities National Endowment of the Humanities, 1971—1977.

Member Region 14 selection committee Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1967—1970.

Achievements

• Thomas Callander Price Zimmermann has been listed as a noteworthy historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President American Alpine Club, New York City, 1979-1982, board directors, 1975-1983. Board directors Charlotte Opera Association, North Carolina, 1980-1982, North Carolina Outward Bound School, Morgantown, 1978-1981. Board advisors Lowell Observatory, 1988-1993.

Member Rome Prize Jury (Post-Classical Humanistic Studies) American Academy in Rome, 1993. Advisory council botanical gardens University North Carolina, Charlotte, 2007-2008. Member Renaissance Society of America, Society Italian History Studies, American Association Italian Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, Opera Carolina Endowment (board advisors, since 2008).

Connections

Married Margaret Upham Ferris.

Father:

R.Z. Zimmermann

Mother:

Susan (Goodman) Zimmermann

Spouse:

Margaret Upham Ferris.