| My Work History |
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| This is where I worked for 32 years. Most of this time was spent as Supervisor of Speech and Hearing Services. I retired from that position in July of 1999. |
| I imagine that my first real job was working in John Abbotts cake mix sweat shop in Queens, NY. We made an assortment of flour mixes (corn muffin, doughnut, etc.) that were packed in 25lb boxes and 100 pound drums. I was the guy that moved and packed them all. My father was one of the salesmen for the company............................. then I was A "Gopher" at the historic Fender Service Center in Flushing Queens. While in college I got back into the cake mix business and made deliveries for my father from NY to Pennsylvania and finally, a real job........I started for $6000 a year at......................... |
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Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Deafness Rehabilitation at NYU (5 years) where I taught: Principles of Speech Development in Hearing Impaired Children Practicum in Speech Development |
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Speech Department of Saint Joseph's College in Brooklyn NY (14 years) where I taught: Aural Rehabilitation Anatomy and Physiology Audiology Phonetics Acoustics |
| In the meantime, I worked as............. |
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Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Special Ed. (1 year) where I taught: Development of Speech in the Deaf Child |
| And Now...... |
| I serve as the Chairperson of the Committee on Special Education for the Margaretville Central School District in Margaretville, NY |
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| Click Photo to go to Margaretville |
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| have had great fun coaching the school's modified baseball team. Here we are before a game in Downsville NY. |
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| Wow!!! They even have dugouts here!!!!! |
| photos by "Mr. Baseball", Randy Van Keuren |
| Top row: Garrett, Lucas, Steve, Brandon, Brian Bottom Row: Mitchell, Chris, Guy, Billy and me!!! |
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| Modified baseball team 2006 |
| "Life is just a bowl of cherries and most poor fools are starving to death"....Auntie Mame |