David A. Willson

History/Communications Instructor
Reference Librarian Emeritus
Green River Community College
Reference Librarian 1970-2000

Contact Information:

History Department
Green River Community College
12401 SE 320th Street
Auburn, WA 98092-3699
(253) 833-9111 x4408 (voicemail only)
dwillson@greenriver.edu
Home phone: (425) 413-1441
Home email: dawillson@earthlink.net

Resume

Courses Taught:

History 120 Movie History
History 250 History of the Vietnam War
Communications 145 The Vietnam War and Media

Selected Major Publications:

REMF Diary: A Novel of the Vietnam War Zone. Black Heron Press, PO Box 95676, Seattle, WA 98145. Reviews: Amazon.com; Gary Acton - Popular Culture Association.
The REMF Returns. Black Heron Press, PO Box 95676, Seattle, WA 98145. Review: David E. James - Viet Nam Generation
In the Army Now: A Novel of War and Love. Viet Nam Generation, Inc. and Burning Cities Press.
Vietnam War Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Imaginative Works About Americans Fighting in Vietnam, Third Edition, by John Newman, with contributions from David A. Willson, et al. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706.
See also The Vietnam War Scholarship of David A. Willson, References in the Literature, 1989-1996.
Viet Nam War Generation Journal, Editor, with Bruce Solheim.

Research in Progress:

A novel about gold mining, vigilantes, Indians, and Calamity Jane in Virginia City, Montana circa 1863.

Other Research Interests:

The Blues, especially Fred McDowell and Yank Rachell.

Education:

B.A. English: Creative Writing, University of Washington, Seattle.
M.L.S. Librarianship, University of Washington, Seattle.

Personal Information:

Interviews:	Amazon.com Jon F. Glade
Entry in Who's Who in America:	"WILLSON, DAVID ALLEN, reference librarian, writer; b. Seattle, June 30, 1942; s. Robert Richard and Alice Hansine (Aspen) W.; m. Penelope Poeschl, Dec. 13, 1972 (div. Mar. 1986); children: Mungo Park, Darcy Monroe; m. Michele Geraldine DeBruyne, Mar. 8, 1986; children: Joaquin Sandoval, Alice Maria. BA, U. Wash., 1964, MLS, 1970. Reference libr. Green River C. C., Auburn, Wash., 1970--; archivist Joe Hooper Collection of Vietnam War Lit. at Green River C. C., 1987--. Author: (novels) REMF Diary, 1988, The REMF Returns, 1992, In the Army Now, 1995; co-editor: (bibliography) Vietnam War Literature, 1996. With U.S. Army, 1966-67. Recipient Disting. Faculty award Puget Power, 1996. Mem. Popular Culture Assn., Vietnam Vets. Am. Democrat. Lutheran. Avocations: movies; listening to the blues, especially Fred McDowell. Home: 23630 201st Ave SE Maple Valley WA 98038-8633 Office: Green River CC 12401 SE 320th St Auburn WA 98092-3622"
Favorite Books:	The Short-Timers, by Gustav Hasford. Cooler by the Lake, by Larry Heinemann The Mexican Tree Duck, by James Crumley Memories of My Ghost Brother, by Heinz Insu Fenkl
Poetry:	My War Dreams The Killing Machine USARV POEMS
The Sweat Lodge:	Sweat Brothers Bibliography
Family Information:	David Willson is married to Michele Willson, and they have two children: Joaquin Sandoval Willson and Alice Maria Willson. David has two sons from his marriage to Penelope: Mungo Park Willson and Darcy Monroe Willson. David has also done extensive research on his grandfather Homer Willson and Homer's uncle S.B.B. Willson a pioneer in Virginia City Montana c. 1863.

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