Robert Zimmer was an American mathematician and academic administrator who lived from November 5, 1947, to May 23, 2023. He was the 13th president of the University of Chicago from 2006 to 2021. He also held the positions of chair of the boards of Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and Marine Biological Laboratory. Up until July 2022, he was the University of Chicago’s chancellor. Mathematical specialties of Zimmer’s included differential geometry, ergodic theory, and Lie groups.
In 1964, Zimmer completed his education at Stuyvesant High School in New York. He enrolled at Brandeis University as a freshman and graduated in 1968 with a B.A., summa cum laude. Under the guidance of George Mackey, he pursued graduate-level mathematics studies at Harvard University, earning his master’s in 1971 and his Ph.D. in 1975.
Robert Zimmer wife: Who is Shadi Bartsch?
Prof. Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, a professor at the University of Chicago, and Zimmer got married in 2011. She recalled their “extraordinary happiness” in marriage as well as their collaboration to benefit the University. “Bob was a compass for me in my own life. He was intelligent, driven, charming, visionary, courageous, and tireless. Being around him changed my life.