Oral History Interview, William Cronon (548)

Throughout his interviews spanning from 2000-2008, Bill Cronon discusses the inception of Chadbourne Residential College (CRC) and how his ideas about learning in community and his personal academic experiences brought him back to UW-Madison. He also discusses the process selling Chadbourne Hall to University Housing. To learn more about this oral history, download & review the index first (or transcript if available). It will help determine which audio file(s) to download & listen to.In his 3 May/June interview with Barry Teicher, Bill Cronon discusses the ideas behind, inception, and first years of the Chadbourne Residential College (CRC) from 1996-2000. Cronon relates how his own experiences at Oxford and Yale Universities influenced his ideas about learning in community and how his personal academic journey brought him back to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then goes on to detail the challenges and rewards of articulating a vision for CRC, selling it to University Housing, choosing and changing the physical space of Chadbourne Hall, promoting the vision of community among students, and establishing CRC rituals. This interview was conducted for inclusion in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Oral History project