{{Short description|American geologist and university president (1923–1992)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James H. Zumberge | title1 = 9th President of the University of Southern California | term_start1 = 1980 | term_end1 = 1991 | predecessor1 = John R. Hubbard | successor1 = Steven Sample | title2 = 7th President of Southern Methodist University | term_start2 = 1975 | term_end2 = 1980 | predecessor2 = Paul Hardin III | successor2 = L. Donald Shields | title3 = 14th Chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln | term_start3 = January 1, 1972 | term_end3 = September 30, 1975 | predecessor3 = Joseph Soshnik | successor3 = Roy Young | title4 = Director of the School of Earth Science at University of Arizona | term_start4 = 1968 | term_end4 = 1972 | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | title5 = 1st President of Grand Valley State University | term_start5 = 1962 | term_end5 = 1968 | predecessor5 = | successor5 = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = December 27, 1923 | birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = April 15, 1992 | death_place = Pasadena, California, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = University of Minnesota | employer = | occupation = Academic administrator | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }}
'''James Herbert Zumberge''' (December 27, 1923 – April 15, 1992) was a professor of geology and president of Grand Valley State University from 1962 to 1969, of Southern Methodist University from 1975 to 1980, and of the University of Southern California from 1980 to 1991.
==Biography==
===Early life and education=== James Herbert Zumberge was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1923 to Herbert Samuel and Helen Reich Zumberge. He served in the military (U.S. Marine Corps) before earning a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Minnesota in 1950. His thesis was on the formation of the Great Lakes.<ref name="libutex">{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00100/smu-00100.html|title=Collection of records related to Southern Methodist University president James Zumberge|publisher=Texas Archival Resources Online|access-date=12 March 2010}}</ref>
===Career=== Zumberge taught for several years at the University of Michigan and later was the director of the earth sciences school at the University of Arizona.<ref name="libutex"/> He led several expeditions in Antarctica and was chief glaciologist for the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf project in Antarctica.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-08-mn-442-story.html|title=Zumberge, USC President for a Decade, to Step Down|last=Gordon|first=Larry|date=February 8, 1990|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=12 March 2010}}</ref> Cape Zumberge and the Zumberge Coast bear his name.<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news|access-date=2007-12-03 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDA153CF934A25757C0A964958260 |title=James H. Zumberge, 68, Explorer And Former President of U.S.C. |date=April 17, 1992 |work=New York Times}}</ref>
He served as the first President of Grand Valley State University from 1962 to 1968,<ref name="gvsupres">{{cite web|url=http://www.gvsu.edu/administration/index.cfm?id=C231B56C-CFF3-E7F5-79AF9EEE93ED81F8|title=Former GVSU Presidents|publisher=Grand Valley State University|access-date=12 March 2010}}</ref> Director of the School of Earth Science at University of Arizona 1968–72, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1972 to 1975, the seventh president of Southern Methodist University from 1975 to 1980,<ref name="smuarch">{{cite web|url=http://smu.edu/cul/degolyer/archives/pres.htm|title=UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES|publisher=Southern Methodist University|access-date=12 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118172646/http://smu.edu/cul/degolyer/archives/pres.htm|archive-date=18 January 2010}}</ref> and the ninth president of University of Southern California from 1980 to 1991.<ref name="uschist">{{cite web|url=http://www.usc.edu/about/history/|title=History|publisher=The University of Southern California|access-date=12 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525014731/http://www.usc.edu/about/history/|archive-date=25 May 2011}}</ref>
While President of USC, Zumberge instituted a revenue-center management system, where individual schools and units were responsible for their own revenue and expenses.
===Death and legacy=== Zumberge died at age 68 in Pasadena, California, as the result of a brain tumor.<ref name="NYTimes" />
James H. Zumberge Hall (originally the Zumberge Library) and Zumberge Pond at Grand Valley State University's Allendale Campus are named for him,<ref name="cdm">{{cite web|url=http://gvsu.cdmhost.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p4103coll1&CISOPTR=54&CISOBOX=1&REC=4|title=Digital Collections|publisher=Grand Valley State University|access-date=12 March 2010}}</ref> as well as Zumberge Hall of Sciences, one of the natural science buildings at USC.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050722024243/http://www.usc.edu/about/factbook/history/ USC History] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060304213214/http://www.gvsu.edu/gvhistory/ GVSU History] * [http://www.alumni.umn.edu/Great_Alumni_Education.html Great Alumni, University of Minnesota] {{commons category-inline|James Herbert Zumberge (geologist)}}
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