PROFESSIONAL RESUME
OF
PAUL R. VACHON
Freelance Writer, Ghostwriter and Editor
http://paulvachonwrites.com
CLIENTS
Michigan Historical Society
Miller-McCune Center
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Arcadia Publishing
Sutro Media
HOUR Detroit
The ASJA Monthly
Wes Rataushk & Associates
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Journalists and Authors (since 2010)
Freelance Success (since 2009)
BOOKS
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Travel Guide, Avalon Travel, (June 17, 2012)
http://travelmatters.com/book.php?isbn=9781612381367
South Oakland County, Nonfiction book, Arcadia Publishing, 2011.
http://amazon.com/South-Oakland-County-hen-Arcadia/dp/0738583111/ref=sr 1 sc 1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323717955&sr=1-1
Forgotten Detroit, Nonfiction book, Arcadia Publishing, 2009.
http://amazon.com/Forgotten-Detroit-Images-America-Vachon/dp/0738560871/ref=sr 1 1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323717696&sr=1-1
PUBLISHED CREDITS (SELECTED)
Non bylined articles (7) relating to Detroit on the MSN hosted website “rediscover: presented by Buick” August, 2012
http://rediscover.msn.com/city/253392721
“Torch Song,” HOUR Detroit July, 2012.
“Carnegie’s Legacy of Libraries,” Michigan History, May-June, 2012.
“Automotive Technology: Convenience vs. Privacy,” Miller-McCune Online
March 23, 2012.
http://www.psmag.com/legal-affairs/automotive-technology-convenience-vs-privacy-40576/
“Detroit’s Tech Town, An Incubator of Creativity,” Miller –McCune Online
November 25, 2011.
http://miller-mccune.com/business-economics/detroits-tech-town-an-incubator-of-creativity-37975/
“Energy Conservation through the Lens of Faith,” Miller –McCune Online
May 30, 2011.
http://miller-mccune.com/environment/energy-conservation-through-the-lens-of-faith-31679/
“Detroit Reading Corps Battles Poor Test Scores,” Miller-McCune Online,
December 6, 2010.
http://miller-mccune.com/education/detroit-reading-corps-battles-poor-test-scores-25854/
“Alarm Bells in Detroit: Last Call for City’s Historic Police and Fire Headquarters?”
Preservation Online, August 24, 2010.
http://preservationnation.org/magazine/story-of-the-week/2010/last-call-for-detroits.html
“Making it Wright: New Life for Detroit’s Only Frank Lloyd Wright House.”
Preservation Online, November 9, 2009.
http://preservationnation.org/magazine/story-of-the-week/2009/make-it-wright-turkel-detroit.html
EDUCATION
BA, Liberal arts (with Philosophy concentration),
Sacred Heart Seminary College (Detroit, MI), 1982.
Graduate Study of Theology
St. John’s Provincial Seminary (Plymouth, MI) 1982 – 1984.
Studies included a term in Jerusalem in the spring of 1983.