Marc Okkonen

Born: 07/21/1933   Muskegon , MI
Parents: Jacob and Ida E. Okkonen
Spouse: none
Children: none
Address(es):
Permanent :
889 Woodside, Apt #1
Muskegon , MI 49441
USA
Contact Information:
Phone : 231-755-1240
Email : [email protected]

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Muskegon stories III : a collection of memorable tales from the Port City's past ... drawn from past editions of the Muskegon Chronicle and other sources
- with contributing articles by Tom Carlson and Howard Peterson.
Michigan History Adult Muskegon, Mich. : Muskegon Chronicle 2003
The Ty Cobb Scrapbook : an illustrated chronology of significant dates in the 24-year career of the fabled Georgia Peach, over 800 games from 1905 to 1928 Non Fiction , Biography , History Adult New York : Sterling Publishers 2001
More Muskegon stories: another collection of memorable tales from the Port City's past...drawn from past editions of the Muskegon Chronicle and other sources
- contributing articles by Ron Pesch and Howard Peterson.
Michigan History Adult Muskegon, Michigan : Muskegon Chronicle 2000
Street names of greater Muskegon : researched & written by Marc Okkonen Michigan History Adult Muskegon, Michigan : Muskegon Chronicle 1999
USS Silversides SS236 : an illustrated record of Silversides' war patrol period, December 1941 - August 1945 History , Michigan Adult Muskegon, Mich. : USS Silversides & Maritime Museum 1998
Muskegon stories : a collection of memorable tales from the Port City's past-- drawn from past editions of the Muskegon Chronicle and other sources
- with contributing articles by Tom Carlson, Ron Pesch, Howard Peterson.
Michigan History Adult Muskegon, Mich. : The Muskegon Chronicle 1998
Minor Leage Baseball Towns of Michigan : Adrian to Ypsilanti the teams & the ballparks of the Wolverine State from the 1880s to the present Non Fiction , Michigan History Adult Michigan : Thunder Bay Press 1997
City of Roosevelt Park, Michigan : 70 years of proud community, 1926-1996, 50 years a chartered city, 1946-1996 Michigan History Adult Muskegon, Michigan : Dobb Printing 1996
Buster Keaton and the Muskegon connection : the Actors' Colony at Bluffton, 1908-1938
- with Ron Pesch
Michigan History Adult Self-published 1995
Baseball Memories, 1930-1939 : a complete pictorial history of the "Hall of Fame" decade Non Fiction , History Adult New York : Sterling Pub. Co. 1994
100 years of football at Muskegon High School, 1895-1994
- co-written and co-edited by Ron Pesch & Marc Okkonen.
Michigan History Adult Muskegon, Mich. : Dobb Printing, Inc. 1994
Baseball Memories, 1950-1959 : an illustrated scrapbook of baseball's fabulous 50's : all the players, managers, cities & ballparks Non Fiction , History , Picture Book Adult New York : Sterling Pub. Co. 1993
Baseball in Muskegon : an illustrated chronology of the national pastime in West Michigan's port city Michigan History Adult , Teen Muskegon : printed by MICR Graphics Printing 1993
Baseball Memories, 1900-1909 Non Fiction , History Adult New York : Sterling Pub. Co. 1992
Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century History Adult New York, N.Y. : Sterling Pub. Co. 1991 -1993
The Federal League of 1914-1915 Non Fiction , History Adult SABR 1989
Other writings:
- Baseball articles in numerous ML club yearbooks and scorecard magazines, plus SABR publications and numerous booklets on local Muskegon subjects.
Non Fiction

Skills:
Author
Other - Researcher

Awards:

Name Date
Henry Chadwick Award (SABR) 2014
SABR-Macmillan Baseball Research Award 1989

Memberships:

Name Date
Society of American Baseball Research (SABR)
University of Michigan Alumni Assn.

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LS&A) University of Michigan, Dearborn Dearborn , MI 1970

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
U.S. Army 1953 -1955
Semi-retired Historian, researcher, writer, artist
Tech Illustrator, graphic artist, writer
- Technical and Promotional Literature

Other Resources:

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