Bill Cronon and Northland College are a natural fit. I saw the bond instantly a year ago this month when our Wisconsin Idea Seminar bus from Madison pulled into Northland’s campus in Ashland for a dinner visit with faculty and students.
Cronon, the UW-Madison’s pre-eminent environmental historian who was our seminar’s guest lecturer for the week, launched immediately into an enthusiastic description of the college’s “green dorm,” the McLean Environmental Living & Learning Center, powered by a wind turbine and photovoltaic panels.
….it’s most appropriate that Northland will honor Cronon’s considerable achievements by awarding him a doctorate in humane letters at the college’s commencement on May 27.