Bob Baron To Speak At 12th World Wilderness Congress In August

The organizers and hosts of the 12th World Wilderness Congress are excited to announce that Bob Baron will speak at the Congress!

Bob Baron is the founder and Chair of Fulcrum, a leading publisher of conservation and Native American books. He was Chair of the International Wilderness Leadership for twenty years and has been Chair of the American Antiquarian Society, the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation, Vice Chairman of the Massachusetts Audubon Society and a director of the Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute, and the Thoreau Society.

Earlier in his career he was in the world of high technology. For Computer Control Company, he was program manager for the Mariner II (Venus) and the Mariner IV (Mars) on-board space computers. He managed an integrated circuit laboratory that developed one of the industry’s first semiconductor memories. He was worldwide system’s manager for Honeywell’s minicomputer business and in 1971, he founded Prime Computer, and was its first president and chief executive officer.

Bob is the author or editor of thirty books and has written more than to hundred papers and articles. His latest book. The Light Shines from the West is the third book in a trilogy about America.

The 12th World Wilderness Congress (WILD12) is a global forum to coordinate and mobilize the protection of Earth’s remaining wilderness and wild places. It convenes thousands of delegates from around the world approximately every 4 years to seek and agree upon new actions and principles in the stewardship of Earth. WILD12 is hosted by the Oceti Sakowin on behalf of the Sicangu Lakota Treaty Council, and will place a special emphasis on reinterpreting wilderness through Indigenous perspectives.

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