History alum Scott Cortese on publishing capstone research and life after graduation
Fires Bulletin, a Joint Publication of U.S. Artillery Professionals.
Recently, Scott Cortese (B.A., 2010) shared the news of his publication, "U.S. Artillery in World War I," and details of his life after graduation.
"This project began in fall 2010 during my last semester at WSU in the capstone course. The sources were drawn primarily from a U.S. Army publication titled The Field Artillery Journal. Upon successfully completing the course, I graduated from WSU with a B.A. in history and was awarded the F. Richard Place Endowed Memorial Award for my work on the capstone paper."
"Several years had passed when I had emailed my capstone paper to the editor of Military History magazine for possible publication. The editor referred me to a sister publication, The Artilleryman, and a condensed version of my capstone paper was published in spring 2019.
Around the same time, I had also emailed the editor of an official US Army publication titled Fires Bulletin, which is the successor to The Field Artillery Journal. My capstone paper was published in Fires Bulletin in three parts this year."
"Since 1994, I've been employed in the automotive industry as a design engineer and currently work at KUKA Systems North America in Sterling Heights."
"The last few years have been busy but exciting for me. I got married to my lovely wife, Donna, in 2013. We share our life with Sheldon. I also retired from the Michigan Army National Guard in November 2015, after 23 years of service including tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. In closing, I would personally like to thank Dr. Eric Ash and former WSU history professor Dr. Denver Brunsman for their mentorship and leadership."