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15 Facts About Thomas Cronin

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Thomas Cronin was president of Whitman College from 1993 to 2005.

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Thomas Cronin was the McHugh Professor of American Institutions and Leadership at Colorado College.

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Thomas Cronin has written extensively on American elections, political novels and movies.

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Thomas Cronin served on the White House staff in 1966 and early 1967 as a White House Fellow.

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From 1969 to 1972, Thomas Cronin was a research associate at the Brookings Institution.

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Thomas Cronin later served on a dozen boards including, Cascade Natural Gas Corp.

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Thomas Cronin served as President of the Western Political Science Association and the APSA's Presidency Research Group.

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Thomas Cronin won several awards for outstanding teaching, advising and research.

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Thomas Cronin held an assistant professorship at the University of North Carolina from 1967 to 1970.

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Thomas Cronin was a member of the faculty and in 1991, was the acting president of the college.

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Thomas Cronin took a visiting professorship at Princeton University in 1985 and 1986.

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From 1993 to 2005 Thomas Cronin served as President of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.

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In 2005, Thomas Cronin returned to Colorado College to teach and to write.

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Thomas Cronin has written for the New York Times, Seattle Times, Washington Post and TV guide and Science, among other journals.

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Thomas Cronin assisted in raising funds for the acquisition of the Baca campus and the building of the Lodge there by Colorado College.