Michael J. Rawson

Michael J. Rawson is a historian, author, and associate professor at the City University of New York's (CUNY) Brooklyn College. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2011 for ''Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston''. The book explores Boston's development in relation to its natural surroundings. Rawson received the American Public Works Association (APWA) Abel Wolman Award in 2011.

Rawson was previously on the faculties of University of Wisconsin and Stanford University. He received his Ph.D at the University of Wisconsin in 2005. From 2005 to 2007, he was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. Rawson has served on the Public Works Historical Society's board of trustees. Provided by Wikipedia