Photo courtesy of the Frome family

SEJ members were saddened by the Sept. 4, 2016 death of Michael Frome, at age 96, in Port Washington, Wisconsin. A gifted advocate for national parks and wilderness areas, Frome’s writing spanned both the post-WWII conservation movement and the environmental movement of the latter 20th century.  He authored a dozen books,  such as "Rediscovering National Parks in the Spirit of John Muir" (2015)  and "Strangers in High Places: The Story of the Great Smoky Mountains" (1994). He also  received numerous conservation writing awards, including the first Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award.   

Frome was a charter member of SEJ, and a journalism teacher at the University of Vermont, the University of Idaho and Western Washington University. He was also a  former Washington Post writer, a columnist with Field & Stream  and WWII veteran. He is survived by his wife June and five children.

Former Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson once said: "No writer in America has more persistently and effectively argued for the need of national ethics of environmental stewardship than Michael Frome."

MORE:

• "PORTOGRAM: The Last Page" [2] by Michael Frome (assisted by his daughter, Michele, and his son, William), September 2016.
• "Michael Frome, former WWU professor, nationally known environment writer, dies at 96," [3] The Bellingham Herald, September 7, 2016, by Dean Kahn.
• "Obit: Author Michael Frome, 96, Port Washington," [4] Washington County Insider, September 6, 2016, by Judy Steffes.

ALSO:

• Interview in “Forces of Nature” [5]
• Parks Online [6]