James Fulton Zimmerman

Zimmerman was born in Glen Allen, Missouri, on September 11, 1887. In 1913, he was awarded an M.A. degree. That year he also married Willa Adella Tucker, who went by her middle name Adella. Zimmerman received a bachelor's and a master's degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Upon graduation Zimmerman was offered teaching positions from Ohio State University and the University of New Mexico. Zimmerman chose New Mexico and moved to Albuquerque with his wife, Adella, in 1925. ==Career==

Zimmerman was a professor of political science. The first postgraduate studies in the southwest were a direct result of his efforts to continue the direction and work of the university's former presidents while never losing focus on academics. The first postgraduate studies in that geographical era were a direct result of his efforts to continue the direction and work of his predecessors, while never losing focus on academics. When the New Mexico Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission was established in 1935, Zimmerman was elected its president. He joined Edgar Hewett, a longtime friend in a commemoration that lasted a year, which included the creation of Coronado State Monument at the ruins of Kuaua Pueblo, near Bernalillo. Zimmerman died October 20, 1944, at the age of 57 from a second heart attack after struggling with coronary thrombosis. Zimmerman Field and Zimmerman Library at the University of New Mexico were named for him. ==See also==