David Danbom, retired NDSU professor of history, is scheduled to receive the College of Liberal Arts Honor Alumnus Award from the Colorado State University Alumni Association on Thurs., Oct. 10, in Loveland, Colo.
Danbom earned a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University in 1969 and a doctorate at Stanford University in 1974. He then joined the NDSU faculty, retiring in 2010.
At NDSU, he was named Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Professor and chosen as 1990 North Dakota Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
Danbom has written four of his six books on American agriculture and rural life. His first book, “The Resisted Revolution: Urban America and the Industrialization of Agriculture, 1900-1930,” remains one of the most cited works in the field, and “Born in the Country: A History of Rural America” has been characterized as “the best, most thoughtful, and most comprehensive” work of its kind. Danbom also served as president of the Agricultural History Society.
He and his wife, Karen, moved to Loveland, Colo., in 2011.
More information about the award and the program can be found at www.alumni.colostate.edu.
NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.