Don+Donihue

Don Donihue Fifty very full years have passed all too quickly since graduation in 1959. LaVonne and I had married in 1955. She completed her nursing degree during the PSR years and has been putting up with me ever since. Between 1957 and 1965 I served as pastor in three United Methodist Churches in northern California: Windsor, Vallejo Wayside, and Yreka. We cherish the support and friendships we found in all three. Nevertheless, the call of college teaching remained strong, and in 1965 I returned to school at U.C. Davis for a Master’s Degree in Sociology. And, as it is said, the rest is history. 1967-1974: Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas. Professor of Sociology (teaching history and theory of sociology, population and demography, criminology). Registrar for two years. Dean of the College during a presidential search. 1974-1991: Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, Connecticut. Social Science Division Director, Professor of Sociology. Responsibility for two-year programs in Early Childhood Education, Mental Health, Social Work, Criminal Justice, as well as faculty supervision. Taught Marriage and the Family, Criminology, Juvenile Delinquency, General Sociology. Developed a study abroad program in Scotland. One sabbatical took us to England, and another exposed me to using the Internet in the classroom. 1990: Retirement from the California-Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church, having been appointed to the colleges as “special appointments” over the intervening years. 1991: Retirement from Connecticut’s community college system. 1991-1993: Consultant in Strategic Planning for Naugatuck Valley Community College. 2008: Relocation to a retirement community in western Massachusetts. Our three children have their own families now in Maine, New York City, and Connecticut. We enjoy getting together several times a year. Current activities and interests: Taking courses in a Learning in Retirement Program, gardening, book collecting, and genealogy. 24 Worthington Drive South Hadley Massachusetts 01075 Telephone 413-322-9147 Email: ddonihue@gmail.com