Zwank, Douglas C., 1947-

Zwank (b.1947) has long family ties to Madison, Wisconsin. His great-great grandfather, a mason, helped build the State Capitol in the 1880s. Zwank graduated from Edgewood High School and spent a year at the University of Wisconsin before joining the Marine Corps in 1966. On his nineteenth birthday, Zwank arrived in Vietnam, where he served as a Corporal in Bulk Fuel. When his tour ended in 1968, Zwank returned to UW-Madison, where he met his wife. He worked as a narcotics agent for the Division of Criminal Investigation for the State of Wisconsin for eighteen years. In the 1990s, he became a computer systems manager for a federal agency. He now lives in Middleton, Wisconsin.

From the description of Oral history interview with Douglas C. Zwank, [sound recording], 1996. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 426489540