Fireside Chats of a Retired College President

President Tom Cronin was regarded as one of the most effective college presidents in the American west. Whitman College, under his leadership, was regularly hailed by THE PRINCETON REVIEW of BEST COLLEGES for extraordinary administrative leadership and high student satisfaction. It also twice earned the highest accreditation rankings of any college or university in that part of the country.

Fellow scholar and CNN commentator Michael A. Genovese edited a volume of essays in tribute to him, wr...