User:Dickmullin45

RICHARD T."Dick" MULLIN received his high school diploma in 1963 at Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, PA. He held a BS degree and a M.Ed. degree from West Chester University as well as an AA degree from Essex Community College in Baltimore. He was a science teacher at Kennett Consolidated School during 1967-68 and at Stanton Middle School from 1969 until 1988. At Stanton he taught life science to 7th graders and Earth & Space science to 8th graders while his other responsibilities included yearbook photography, chairman of the Science Department, sponsor of the audiovisual club and director of the annual spring play. He was also employed as a resident counselor at an adult group home in Delaware during 1988-89 and as a clinical laboratory technician from 1990 until 1996 in Elkton, Maryland. His main avocation in life was as a character actor in Community Theater in which he was active from 1957 until 1997, working on a total of 141 shows (72 in stage roles and 69 on crews or directing). He is best remembered for his portrayal of “Lennie” in OF MICE AND MEN and “Teddy” in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE. Of the more than 460 performances in which he was involved during those 40 years, 129 were presented at the Three Little Bakers Dinner Theater, near Kennett Square, PA, during the 1970s. He was a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists for more than 30 years and a lifetime member of the Chapel Street Players in Newark, Delaware, since 1997. Dick was considered to be the family genealogist following both sides of his family back to several immigrant ancestors, four men whom are recognized as DAR Patriots, during the time of the Revolutionary War. He spent a great deal of time doing research in libraries and the Internet, walking through cemeteries, interviewing or corresponding with relatives, designing family trees and writing about his ancestors. Due to his research, The Franklin County Historical Society in Chambersburg, PA, certified the Mullin family as one of the pioneer families of that county. With the advent of networking sites on the Internet, Dick established a profile page on Facebook.com where he posted photo albums and videos featuring glimpses of all phases of his lifetime interests and activities. There he reconnected with distant relatives, former theater pals, fellow teachers and former students.