Zuckert was born in 1942[2] to parents Agneta Dahm Christensen and Henning Heldt.[3] Her father worked for the Miami Herald before he died in 1950,while her mother worked as a high school registrar.[4] While attending Miami Senior High School,Zuckert was named Florida's Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow after receiving the highest grade in a written examination on homemaking knowledge and attitudes in Florida.[5] As a result of the award,she received a $1,500 scholarship and met then-Vice PresidentRichard Nixon at a reception held in her honor.[6] At her high school graduation,she was recognized as an "outstanding high school senior."[4]
In 1976,the Zuckerts joined the political science department at Claremont McKenna College as visiting associate professors.[10]
The Zuckerts chose to accept professor positions at the University of Notre Dame in 1998,as the school was one of the few interested in hiring senior women faculty.[11] After retiring from Notre Dame,they chose to became visiting scholars at Arizona State University's School for Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership.[3]
Personal life
Zuckert is of Danish descent.[3] She married her husband,Michael,on September 11,1965.[1]
Books
Postmodern Platos (University of Chicago Press,1996)
Natural Right and the American Imagination:Political Philosophy in Novel Form
Plato's Philosophers:The Coherence of the Dialogues (University of Chicago Press,2009)
Machiavelli's Politics (University of Chicago Press,2017)
The Truth about Leo Strauss (2006) with Michael P. Zuckert,University of Chicago Press
Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy (2014) with Michael P. Zuckert,University of Chicago Press
Edited
Understanding the Political Spirit:From Socrates to Nietzsche
Political Philosophy in the 20th Century:Authors and Arguments (Cambridge University Press,2011)
Leo Strauss on Political Philosophy (University of Chicago Press,2018)
Natural Right and Political Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Catherine and Michael Zuckert. Edited by Lee Ward and Ann Ward. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013.
Special Issue Honoring Catherine H. Zuckert. Edited by Susan D. Collins and Ruth Abbey. The Review of Politics. 2018.
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