David J. Marcou, a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, graduated from Aquinas High School in 1968. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1973 and another Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1984. He also received a Master of Arts degree in American Studies from the University of Iowa-Iowa City in 1978. Marcou has worked as a writer, journalist, editor and photographer. He has taught courses on writing and photography at Western Wisconsin Technical College (now Western Technical College) in La Crosse.
Barbara A. Pauls was a student in Marcou’s class at Western Wisconsin Technical College called Writing for Publication.
The America’s Heartland Remembers: Words and Pictures Before, During and After September 11, 2001 is a compilation of writing and photography of many contributors, including students of the writing for publication class.
