Gary Wilson

Gary Wilson, a widely known environmental commentator and independent journalist from Chicago who has written about the Great Lakes for over 20 years, has donated more than two dozen books to the Knight Center library.

His contribution honors Dave Poulson, the center’s retired senior associate director and founder of Great Lakes Echo, the center’s award-winning environmental news service.

The collection includes books by such Great Lakes authors as Jeff Alexander, Dave Dempsey and Jerry Dennis, as well as pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha’s inside look at the Flint Water Crisis.

Wilson reports on the Great Lakes and related economic and social issues for Great Lakes Now.