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Dennis English |
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1500 Hudson Street Apt. 7 G
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Bio
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After graduation from Arizona State University, I moved to San Francisco. This was in the late 60's and while there I lived in Height- Ashbury. I helped start food co-ops and volunteered time at the Free Clinics. During that time I worked as a drawing supervisor with Westinghouse Electric. Westinghouse had received the majority of contracts for escalators and elevators for the BART Project and I assisted in coordinating drafting-drawings between the factory and the BART folks. I also traveled alone to Europe and North Africa for 6 months, back packing and staying in Youth Hostels and B & B's and doing sketches of vine covered courtyards and old churches and sipping wine and drinking cafe-au-laits. Soon after my return from Europe I moved to Tallahassee, Florida and worked as Florida's Underwater Archaeologist. While there I worked on Spanish Shipwrecks off Florida 's Atlantic Coast and in the Florida Keys. I also worked on Civil War Vessels and did underwater research on early man sites in some of the sinkholes near Sarasota. After more than 7 years of "Diving for Dollars" as I now call it, I was promoted to a Speech writer for Florida's Secretary of State and Governor. Those were political appointments and when a new election came in the early 80's and a new Secretary came along I was asked/told to"move along". So, after more than 10 years in Florida I moved to Austin, Texas and started a commercial Restoration Construction Co. that did Historical re-construction to old buildings in and around Austin. In the mid-80's the economy "went South" so I got out of that business and I helped start, manage and then sold a Temporary Help Company that specialized in crafts and skills needed by the High-Tech industry. People like ; Stainless steel welders, Programmers, software engineers and computer assemblers. I also married my wife of almost 15 years, Jan. And we bought a home, raised a cat and learned to like red wine. After more than 17 years in Austin we moved to the New York City area. We have been here 6 months, since last October, and are still really enjoying most everything. Other things...I love to Travel, SCUBA dive, Snow Ski, paint water colors, make model wooden ships, Golf, write short stories, sketch, Mozart, Sailing, Bicycling, Pasta, Pesto, Bluegrass Music, Cajun Fiddles, PBS, and Spring. |