User:Davidjeromedean

David J. Dean, 1949-, When David Jerome Dean was born on February 8, 1948, in Madison, Wisconsin, his father, Donald, was 34 and his mother, V. Melody, was 28. David attended Emerson Grade School, East Junior High School and graduated from Madison East Side High in 1966. He played varsity football starting at left guard in his junior and senior years. He was named all-city honorable mention. He was a cub scout and boy scout and earned the Eagle Scout Award in 1967. During summers, he worked at boy scout camps (Castle Rock and Camp Phillips). Also was awarded the vigil honor of the Order of Arrow (Boy Scouts honor scout association). He attend UW-Whitewater and earned a Bachor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in 1971. His major was General Business with an emphasis in computer center administration (Computer Programming). At UW-Whitewater, he was a member of Phi Chi Epsilon (ΡΧΕ) and Data Processing Management Association (DMPA). David was admitted to UW-Stout for graduate work in Technical Education. Also took graduate class at UW-Madison and St. Marys, Minnesota. After graduation in was employed at The Milwaukee Road in Chicago, Illinois for three years. Then return to Madison, Wisconsin to work at MDS, Inc. Then emploved at Oscar Mayer for 1 year. Then starting teaching at Madison Area Technical College for the remainder of his long career of teaching (34 years) in Information Technology. In 1972 for six month David was a member of the clerk's union (Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes or TCU) at the Milwaukee Road. This was done by management to give David job right if laid off as a programmer. In 1978 David join the American Federation of Teacher. AFT Local 243 elected him to various position through his teacher include President, Treasurer, and Forum representative. He served four terms as President. He was elected vice-president and president (2 terms) of Wisconsin Federation of Teacher (AFT-WI). The locals website won numerous national awards and David was the webmaster. David served as a board member of the MATC Foundation. He had two children with Denise Sullivan between 1973 and 1976. He then married Stephanie Ann Brown and David adopted one child together in 1975.