Joseph N. Dassaro:
CLASS OF 1984
Connetquot High SchoolClass of 1984
Bohemia, NY
Baltimore, MD
National Labor CollegeClass of 2001
Silver spring, MD
Sachem High SchoolClass of 1984
Lake ronkonkoma, NY
Oakdale-Bohemia Road Junior High SchoolClass of 1980
Oakdale, NY
Joseph N.'s Story
Life
Left for the army in 1984 and returned to LI in 1988. Spent most of 1988-1992 wreck diving (SCUBA) diving off the South Shore of LI (anyone remember Divers Way?). Ended up working on some dive boats as a Rescue Diver and Dive Master.
Accepted a position with the Department of Justice, US Border Patrol in 1992 (now consolidated into Department of Homeland Security) and have lived in San Diego, CA. ever since. Married in 1996 to a Sachem (later Geneseo)graduate (Kathleen Doran), baby girl born on May 16, 2001 (Taylor Nicole); best thing in my life. Currently a Senior Patrol Agent and President of the US Border Patrol Agents union in San Diego.
B.A. in Labor Studies (Industrial Relations) 2000, just completed my Masters- M.A. Legal and Ethical Studies (2005). Set to begin working on my M.P.A. Fall 2006. Looking to leave federal law enforcement and national security work (it is a complete joke and you should be losing sleep over it) and shift careers into federal l...Expand for more
abor relations and later to teaching, where at least I can make some difference (grades 7-10).
I hope everyone is doing well. My personal website is at dassaro net (put the period between dassaro and net). I should also have a blog and family photo album up and running by March 2005.
School
High School was fantastic. In retrospect, we were lucky to have the experiences we did when we did and where we did. Met some great people and even manage to keep in touch with some.
I hope everyone is doing well and achieving their dreams. Please feel free to contact me anytime.
Military
Graduated boot camp and AIT in 1984. Assigned to 9th ID, High Technology Test Bed (Ft. Lewis, WA) from 1984-1986 (HTTB). Assigned to 3rd Armored Division (s-2/s-3 Intelligence and Operations), Gelnahusen West Germany from 1986 -1988. Left Army in 1988, went to Army Reserves and then NY National Guard Until 1992. Best thing I ever did was getting out of the reserves and national guard.
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