Jon Bridgman

Who is Jon Bridgman?

Jon Bridgman is an American historian and a professor emeritus of the University of Washington.

Bridgman, a graduate of Stanford University, and former USN gunnery officer on a destroyer, received his doctorate from Stanford University in 1961 and spent his entire teaching career at the University of Washington. He was the recipient of the university's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1973. His popularity as a speaker earned him a position lecturing to the annual meeting of the UW Alumni Association from 1987 to the present, and the alumni have rewarded his retirement by donating funds to endow the Jon Bridgman Professorship in History at the University of Washington.

He teaches classes on topics related to his own Past and Present Society, a club for students of history and Bridgman enthusiasts.

Bridgman found success as an historical writer. Among his published works are The Revolt of the Hereros and The End of the Holocaust: The Liberation of the Camps.