Timothy L. Ericson (1947-) earned degrees in history and library and information science
from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UWRF) and University of Wisconsin-Madison
(UW-Madison), and began a career as an archivist at UWRF in 1974. He was named director of
the Area Research Center at UWRF in 1980, and from 1984 to 1986 he worked as a project
archivist at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, now the Wisconsin Historical
Society. In 1986 Ericson became the education officer of the Society of American Archivists
and held that position until 1989, when he moved to the UW-Milwaukee (UWM) Libraries. There
he headed the Archives and Area Research Center, as well as taught archival education in an
adjunct capacity for many years. In 2003, he retired from the UWM Libraries as assistant
director for Archives and Special Collections, and became coordinator of archival studies at
UWM's School of Information Studies until his retirement in 2004.
Ericson is also heavily involved in the Society of American Archivists, most notably
serving as the interim executive director from 1990-1991, the chair of the Executive
Director Search Committee from 2000-2002, and as vice president/president from 2002-2004. He
was named a fellow of the Society in 1991. Ericson was also associated with Midwest Archives
Conference, the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Association of Canadian Archivists, and
the Western Archives Institute. He served as the governor's appointee to the Wisconsin
Historical Records Advisory Board from 1989-2003 and was the recipient of the (Wisconsin)
Governor's Archives Award for Archival Advocacy in 2004.
