User:Pat Glesner

I’m Anthony Patrick Glesner (but prefer to be called Pat). I was born on Texas but spent most of my youth in northern lower Michigan. After High School I entered the Navy and made two cruises to Vietnam aboard the USS Enterprise. I spent several months thereafter building trucks for Ford, an occupation that convinced me the military wasn’t so bad. So I enlisted in the Coast Guard, where I remained until I retired, as a chief warrant officer.

While in service I earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of the State of New York and a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Staten Island (CUNY). Upon retirement I entered Western Michigan University, where I earned a Master of Arts in history. I recently earned a Master of Technology at Eastern Michigan University.

I have taught conversational English in Hokkaido, Japan, and have been a graduate teaching assistant and substitute teacher. I was an adjunct professor for Central Texas College/Navy Campus—PACE (“Programs Afloat for College Education”), and taught history aboard Navy ships throughout the world. I also spent two years as an adjunct instructor at Western Michigan University prior to assuming a full-time position as a Technical Writer & Editor at the US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) in Warren, Michigan. I am currently a Process Engineer at TACOM.

I keep my hand in history by serving as Historical Commissioner for the city of Warren, MI, and by researching, writing, and publishing articles in academic and popular history journals. A long-term project is a Civil War biography of Charles Victor Deland, who served as a captain in the Ninth Michigan Infantry and as colonel of the First Michigan Sharpshooters.