User:Rockcity 313/Charles J. Tomaszewski

Biography:
Charles J. ("Chuck") Tomaszewski is a historian/writer/artist from Warren, Michigan. He was born December 8, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan to Walter Tomaszeski and Jane Krantz of Frederick, Maryland. He attended John Marshall Elementary School, Marion Law Middle School, Hamtramck St. Florian High School and Wayne State University. He is currently married to Dawn Babicz of Hamtramck, Michigan and has one child.

At an early age he was diagnosed with ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER and treated at the Lafayette Clinic, where he was give doses of Ritalin. The Ritalin treatment had adverse effects on his causing hallucinations and blind rages. These rages would plague him for years till he learned to control them through meditation and discipline

Education
In 1983, after graduating from high school, Charles attended Wayne State University with the intent on playing football and majoring in Mass Communications. He also applied to the ROTC program, but was not accepted due to injuries he received from playing football. After a year of study, he decided that he determined that he would need to attend Macomb Community College to develop proper study skills. He returned to Wayne State in 1987 and graduated in 1994 with a Bachelors of Arts degree.

Employment
Charles worked for the Oak Park School District in their Special Education program before leaving in 1997 to pursue other careers. He was most recently employed by Chrysler Financial as a Account Manager.

In the summer of 1994, Charles was designated a Security liason for the World Cup working with the Brazilian, Polish, and Russian teams during the elimination rounds held at the Pontiac Silverdome.

From 1997 to 2010 he worked for Jerome Duncan Ford, Jack Demmer Ford, EDS, Troy Design, Covisint and Chrysler Financial.

Political Career
In 1995, Charles was nominated to run for Wayne County Commissioner, 3rd District as Republican in a special election to replace Arthur Blackwell. He ran against former Highland Park mayor Robert Blackwell and Chester Wozniak, both Democrats. His initial campaign was successful, but was defeated in the election. In 1996, he again secured the Republican nomination for Wayne County Commissioner, but was again defeated by Robert Blackwell.

Contributions
Charles has been an noted historian of the American Civil War, Prohibition Era Detroit, and Military Science. In 2001, he began research on the murder of radio personality Gerald Buckley in July of 1930. This led to a further degree of research into Prohition era Detroit and to several essays on this period.

His two essays, "The Murder of Gerald Buckley" and "Corruption Motor City Style" remain some of his best work. Other essays include an evaluation of the Confederate defeat in the Civil War ("Denying Of The Inevitable") and an assesment of Maritime Warfare in the 21st century in a conflict with China ("Denial of Sea Lanes Of Control: How To Beat The Chinese Navy").

Charles also has been writing a historical fiction novel based on the exploits of African-American soldiers who fought for the Confederacy.