On retiring from the US Navy after a twenty-year career, Dennis and his family departed Coronado, California for his native Massachusetts where he enrolled at UMass, Amherst. After completing a BS in Political Science and an MPH in Health Care Administration, he began a twenty-five-year career as a Nursing Home Administrator.
Civilian retirement found Dennis and his wife, Kathleen, looking for a house by the sea, drawn to Damariscotta. The positive feeling for the area was acquired through yearly trips to Monhegan Island and the midcoast, thus convincing them that this was to be home. Almost from the beginning of Dennis’s tenure here, he volunteered at DRA, now Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, manning the front desk.
While living in Amherst, Dennis’ life-long love of bird watching led to a position as President of the Hampshire Bird Club and as a member of the Hitchcock Center for the Environment Board. He currently serves as Field Trip Chair for the Mid-Coast Audubon and is the Compiler of the Pemaquid area Christmas Bird Count.
