Dennis Vatsis:
CLASS OF 1956
Angell Primary SchoolClass of 1956
Detroit, MI
Wayne State University - LawClass of 1969
Detroit, MI
University of MichiganClass of 1966
Ann arbor, MI
Dennis's Story
Life
IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY THAT I GRADUATED FROM ROBICHAUD HIGH SCHOOL, YET IT HAS BEEN 44 YEARS AGO. I WAS NOT OVERLY THRILLED WITH ROBICHAUD OR THE EDUCATION RECEIVED THERE. NONETHELESS, THE YEARS SINCE GRADUATION HAVE BEEN QUITE EXCITING. I WENT TO COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN ANN ARBOR. ANN ARBOR WAS VERY COOL AND LIBERATING. I BECAME ACTIVE IN COLLEGE POLITICS AND MET MANY PROMINENT POLITICAL FIGURES. I RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGEE IN ECONOMICS AND WENT ON TO LAW SCHOOL AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. I GRADUATED WITH HONORS AND WENT TO WORK AT WAYNE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT AS A LEGAL RESEARCH CLERK. AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS AT THE COURT, I ENTERED PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE AND HAVE BEEN AT IT FOR OVER THIRTY SEVEN YEARS WITH OFFICES IN DETROIT. I ENTERED POLITICS AND WAS ELECTED SEVERAL TIMES AS A TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE IN WEST BLOOMFIELD, MICHIGAN. THIS WAS QUITE AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE AND I MET MANY PEOPLE IN THE POLITICAL ARENA. I ALSO WAS INVOLVED IN SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES IN THE METR...Expand for more
OPOLITAN AREA ALONG WITH MY LAW PRACTICE AND POLITICAL CAREER. I SOMETIMES RUN INTO PEOPLE IN COURT WHO REMIND ME WE ONCE WERE CLASSMATES AT ROBICHAUD. MY CIVICS TEACHER AT ROBICHAUD BECAME A LAWYER AND I REMEMBER SEEING HIM IN COURT YEARS LATER. LIFE SINCE ROBICHAUD HAS BEEN GOOD AND REWARDING. I WISH I COULD TURN BACK THE CLOCK AND REPEAT THESE EXPERIENCES. IT HAS BEEN GREAT FUN.
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