Howard was an American historian and social activist and was a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than twenty books, including, A People's History of the United States.
Howard was born on 24 Aug 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Eddie Zinn and Jennie Rabinowitz. His father was born in Austria-Hungary and his mother was born in Irkutsk, Siberia. The 1940 census[1] lists Howard as living with his family in Brooklyn, Kings, New York where his father is a candy store salesman.
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Eddie Zinn
Head
M
47
Austria
Jennie Zinn
Wife
F
41
Russia
Howard Zinn
Son
M
18
New York
Bernard Zinn
Son
M
16
New York
Jerome Zinn
Son
M
13
New York
Scymour Zinn
Son
M
9
New York
Howard Zinn enlisted in the US Army Air Corp for WWII. Howard earned his BA in 1951 at New York University. He earned his MA in 1952 and PhD in 1958 from Columbia University.
Zinn married Roslyn Shechter in 1944. They had a son Jeff and a daughter Myla. Myla is married to Jon Kabat-Zinn,[2] Professor of Medicine Emeritus and creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The 1950 shows[3] Howard raising his family in New York City.
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Howard Zinn
Head
M
27
New York
Roslyn Zinn
Wife
F
27
New York
Myla Zinn
Daughter
F
2
New York
Jeff Zinn
Son
M
Dec
New York
Roslyn died in 2008. Howard Zinn passed away on 27 Jan 2010 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California. He is buried[4] at Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts next to Roslyn.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47227346/howard-zinn: accessed March 5, 2024), memorial page for Howard Zinn (24 Aug 1922–27 Jan 2010), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47227346, citing Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Coleman ✿ (contributor 47076912).
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQSS-YJX : 20 May 2014), Howard Zinn, 27 Jan 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X76R-V38 : accessed 28 September 2018), Howard Zinn in household of Edward Zinn, Brooklyn (Districts 0751-1000), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 925, sheet 10B, line 79, family 301, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1491; FHL microfilm 2,341,226.
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