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He earned a BA in 1954 from Brooklyn College. He triple majored in Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology,
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He recieved his Master's degree in pyshcology from Yale in 1955.
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He graduated from Yale with his Ph.D from Yale in 1959.
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He briefly taught at Yale University.
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He taught longer at New York University.
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He also taught briefly at Columbia University.
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He was hired to teach at Stanford University, which is where he remained until he retired in 2003. However, he still gave lectures until 2008.
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His most famous work: the Stanford Prison Experiment. It lasted 6 days out of the scheduled two weeks it was supposed to take.
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He was elected head of the American Pyschological Association.
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Zimbardo retired from lecturing and stepped down as head of the American Psychological Association.
