Robert Zieger

Zieger won the Taft Prize again in 1995 for his 1994 book, The CIO, 1935–1955.

Zieger was a member of the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association. He was also a member of the Historians of American Communism, and served as the organization's president from 1989 to 1992.

In 1986, Zieger was appointed professor of history at the University of Florida. He was named Distinguished Professor of History in 1998.

Zieger obtained an appointment as an assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in 1964, rising to associate professor by 1973. He was an associate professor of history at Kansas State University from 1973 to 1977, and a professor of history at Wayne State University from 1977 to 1986.

Zieger received his bachelor's degree from Montclair State College in 1960, a master's degree from the University of Wyoming in 1961, and his doctorate in history from the University of Maryland in 1965.

Robert H. "Bob" Zieger (August 2, 1938 – March 6, 2013) was a labor historian whose research focused on the labor history of the United States.

Robert Zieger was born August 2, 1938, in Englewood, New Jersey to John and Grace (Harman) Zieger. He married Gay Pitman in 1962. They had one child, Robert, and a granddaughter Persephone Zieger.