She holds a bachelor's degree from Stanford, a master's from UCSF, and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.
"[4] The protesters thanked her for making a graceful exit, noting that she had become an "innocent victim and an unfortunate target" of their collective anger.
[5][6] A native of Meadville, Pennsylvania,[7] Zinser is a former board member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland.
While at Idaho in 1991, she married W. Don Mackin; the wedding was the first in the university's new arboretum.
They were married for two decades, until he unexpectedly died in his sleep at age 73 in Ashland.