David B. Danbom

David B. Danbom (born 1947) 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.

• Going it Alone: Fargo Grapples with the Great Depression
• Fargo, North Dakota: 1870-1940
• Born in the Country: A History of Rural America (1995)
• 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

• 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