Emeritus: Paul Zigo, Brookdale Community College
765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, New Jersey 07738, (732) 224-2345
Professor of History & Director, Center for World War II Studies & Conflict Resolution
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Paul E. Zigo, is an Assistant Professor of History and the Director of the
Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution at Brookdale
Community College, Lincroft, NJ. From 1975 to 1977, he was the
Director of Community Relations for Monmouth University and from
1977 to 2003,the Director of Off Campus Services at Brookdale.
He is an active member of many community organizations including the
Association of the United States Army: the Battleship New Jersey Education
Advisory Committee; the Monmouth County United Way; the Monmouth Junior
Science Symposium (Board of Directors), and the Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce. He has served on the Monmouth County Arts Council (Past President),
the Monmouth County Chapter of the American Red Cross (Past President) and
the Jersey Shore Public Relations Association (Past President).
He earned a baccalaureate degree in history from Rutgers University in 1964,
a master's degree from Rider University in personnel and guidance in 1973
and a master's degree from Temple University in recent American diplomatic
and military history in August 2000. His master's thesis was entitled
“A Failure of American Diplomacy - Summer 1941: The Proposed
Roosevelt-Konoye Meeting.”
Zigo teaches American History, the History of World War II, Recent American
History as well as Human Geography. He also directs the Center for World
War II Studies and Conflict Resolution at Brookdale, an educational resource
center open to all interested in studying the historical impact and significance
of the Second World War. Professional papers presented to date: “D-Day 6th
of June 1944 - A Near Failure: Why Did It Succeed?” and “A Failure in American
Diplomacy - Summer 1941: The Proposed Roosevelt-Konoye Meeting”.
Mr. Zigo is a 30-year veteran of the United States Army Reserve, retiring as a
Colonel in 1994. He is a 1989 graduate of the U. S. Army War College,
Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA.
