Dennis Pope:
CLASS OF 1966
Dickinson High SchoolClass of 1966
Jersey city, NJ
Dennis's Story
After graduating DHS, I became a mechanical draftsman, which was the area I had studied as an Industrial Arts major. Subsequently, I attended Rutgers University, ultimately earning a Ph.D. in political science. While in graduate school I started teaching political science as an adjunct at Kean University in 1974 and married my first wife in 1976 (divorced in 1983). The college teaching market was tough to crack during this period and I took a fulltime job with the Town of Secaucus serving first as Mayor's Aide, then Recreational Facilities Director, later Administrative Coordinator, and finally Court Administrator while continui...Expand for more
ng to function as an adjunct professor of political science. Along the way, I remarried (and divorced a second time!), helping to produce my wonderful son, Evan, who teaches history at Secaucus High School. I was semi-retired at age fifty, taking my pension from the Town of Secaucus in 1998. I taught college part time at William Paterson University, Drew University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and several community colleges before taking an early Social Security in 2010. I do some volunteer work (teaching citizenship classes and tutoring in English), but mostly I enjoy life by walking my dog, reading, and listening to music.
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