Tapp, Robert B.

Robert Berg Tapp was born on May 21, 1925. He earned his B.S. in 1945 and his Ph.D. in 1952 from the University of Southern California. He was a member of the faculty at Albert Schweitzer College (Switzerland) (1957-1958), St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY) (1952-1960), Scripps College (Claremont, CA) (1960-1964), the University of Chicago (1968-1972) and the Meadville/Lombard Theological School (Chicago, IL) (1964-1972) before coming to the University of Minnesota as professor of humanities and religious studies in 1972. Dr. Tapp retired from the University of Minnesota in 1994 as professor emeritus.