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James Zumberge

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.^[1]

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.^[1] He led several expeditions in Antarctica and was chief glaciologist for the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf project in Antarctica.^[2] Cape Zumberge and the Zumberge Coast bear his name.^[3]

He served as the first President of Grand Valley State University from 1962 to 1968,^[4] 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,^[5] and the ninth president of University of Southern California from 1980 to 1991.^[6]

While President of USC, Zumberge instituted a revenue-center management system, where individual schools and units were responsible for their own revenue and expenses.

Zumberge died at age 68 in Pasadena, California, as the result of a brain tumor.^[3]

James H. Zumberge Hall (originally the Zumberge Library) and Zumberge Pond at Grand Valley State University's Allendale Campus are named for him,^[7] as well as Zumberge Hall of Sciences, one of the natural science buildings at USC.^{[citation needed]}

• USC History
• GVSU History
• Great Alumni, University of Minnesota

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