David B. Danbom
Encyclopedia
David B. Danbom is a historian
, author
, columnist
, and retired professor
of agricultural history
at North Dakota State University
. Danbom spent nine years on the Fargo Historic Preservation Commission. He was a frequent contributor to the Fargo Forum newspaper until his relocation to Colorado in 2011.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, author
Author
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, columnist
Columnist
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, and retired professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of agricultural history
History of agriculture
Agriculture was developed at least 10,000 years ago, and it has undergone significant developments since the time of the earliest cultivation. The Fertile Crescent of Western Asia, Egypt, and India were sites of the earliest planned sowing and harvesting of plants that had previously been gathered...
at North Dakota State University
North Dakota State University
North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University , is a public university in Fargo, North Dakota. NDSU has about 14,000 students and it is the largest university in North Dakota based on full time students and land size...
. Danbom spent nine years on the Fargo Historic Preservation Commission. He was a frequent contributor to the Fargo Forum newspaper until his relocation to Colorado in 2011.
Works
- Going it Alone: Fargo Grapples with the Great Depression
- Fargo, North Dakota: 1870-1940
- Born in the Country: A History of Rural America
- Our Purpose Is to Serve: The First Century of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
- The Resisted Revolution: Urban America and the Industrialization of Agriculture, 1900-1930
- "The World of Hope": Progressives and the Struggle for an Ethical Public Life
Teaching awards
- 1985, 1990, 1997 Mortar Board Preferred Professor
- 1990 Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award
- 1990 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) North Dakota Professor of the Year
- 2002 Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Outstanding Educator Award