Background
Zimmerman, William was born on December 26, 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William III and Isabel Edith (Ryan) Zimmerman.
Zimmerman, William was born on December 26, 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William III and Isabel Edith (Ryan) Zimmerman.
Bachelor with honors, Swarthmore College, 1958. Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1965.
Lecturer department political science, University of Michigan, 1963-1964;
from assistant to associate professor department political science, University of Michigan, 1964-1974;
associate department chairman political science, University of Michigan, 1971;
director Center for Russian and East European studies, University of Michigan, 1972-1978, 91-92;
professor department political science, University of Michigan, since 1974;
associate dean for faculty College of Literature, Science and Arts, University of Michigan, 1981-1984. Visiting assistant professor Columbia University, summer 1966. Research associate IPPS, since 1978.
Co-director Program for International Peace and Security Research, since 1983. Program director Center for Political Studies, since 1989. Visiting professor Harvard University, winter 1988.
Senior research associate Soviet Interview Project, principal investigator for various conferences and studies. Program chairman comparative communist studies American Political Science Association meetings, 1973. Member of advisory county Center for Advanced Russian Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution, 1975-1984.
Executive Committee, trustee National Council Soviet and East European Research,1978-1981.
Member American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies (co-chairman planning commission on Soviet foreign policy, chairman research and development committee), National Council on Soviet and East European Research (Executive Committee, board of trustees 1978-1981), Council on Foreign Rels., Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Barbara Lamar. Children: W. Frederick, Carl L., Alice R. Married Susan McClanahan, December 10, 1989.
1 child, Rachel Thompson.