Tim Redman was president of the United States Chess Federation (USCF) for two terms, 1981–1984 and 2000–2001, the only president to date who has served twice.
He is also a FIDE International Arbiter.
Redman is a Professor of Literary Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
His research focuses on American and British Modernism, and especially on Ezra Pound.
He holds a Ph.D.
in Comparative Studies in Literature from the University of Chicago.