Christofferson, Bill 1943-
Christofferson, Bill 1943-
PERSONAL:
Born January 14, 1943, in Hibbing, MN; son of Loren and Elizabeth Christofferson; married Karin Borgh (a nonprofit director), January 12, 1980; children: Colby, Molly. Ethnicity: "Irish-Norwegian." Education: Attended University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire, 1960-63. Politics: Democrat.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Milwaukee, WI. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Worked as newspaper reporter, 1963-65 and 1968-80; political campaign manager in Wisconsin, 1985-88; self-employed political consultant in Madison, WI, 1989-96; Office of the Mayor, Milwaukee, WI, chief of staff, 1996-98; self-employed political consultant, Milwaukee, 1998—. Military service: U.S. Marine Corps, 1965-68; combat correspondent in Vietnam 1966-67; became sergeant.
WRITINGS:
The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson, University of Wisconsin Press (Madison, WI), 2004.
SIDELIGHTS:
Bill Christofferson told CA: "My interest in Wisconsin history and politics made Gaylord Nelson, one of the giants in Wisconsin's political history, a natural subject. I feel privileged to have been his biographer, and to have become a friend of the Nelson family in the process."
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
E, September-October, 2004, Ketti Frings, review of The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson, p. 62.
ONLINE
Wisconsin Natural Resources Online,http://www.wnrmag.com/ (December 14, 2006), review of The Man from Clear Lake.