Charles ZuckerCharles Zucker was born in Chicago in 1945 at Ravenswood Hospital where his mother, Leah, had been a registered nurse before retiring. He was raised in the Chatham-Avalon neighborhood on the city's South Side. Zucker graduated from Dixon Elementary Shool and attended Hirsch High School for one semester before the family moved to the suburb of Lincolnwood. After graduating from Niles Township West High School in 1962, he enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he majored in history, graduating in 1966. He then entered the Ph.D. program at Northwestern University and received his Ph.D. in American history in 1972. Zucker taught at Fayetteville State University (North Carolina) and at Carroll College (now Carroll University) in Waukesha, Wisconsin before seguing into professional association work. In 2007, he retired after serving for nineteen years as the executive director of the Texas Faculty Association. He now resides in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife Shaya. Read More Read Less