• Atherton HS Football team – Quarterback Senior Year
• Western Kentucky University (WKU) Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Chapter President 1974
• President, Hilltopper Athletic Foundation
• WKU, Board of Directors Capital Campaign, $106 Million & $220 Million campaigns
• WKU and EKU, Benefactor of Endowed Scholarships
• VanMeter Insurance, President & Highest Performing Producer Group - multiple years
• Neace Lukens Insurance, COO & Chairman’s Club (million dollar sales) - multiple years
• Assured Partners, President’s Club Top Sales Group – multiple years

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• Lettered in Varsity Football and Track at Atherton
• Dedicated over 25 years LMPD Detective
• 1988 Louisville Division of Police Rookie of the Year
• Vice President LMPD Credit Union Board of Directors
• Deputy Grand Master of the Most Worshipful
• Prince Hall Grand Lodge F & AM of Kentucky, Inc.
• High School Football Official with the KFOA
• Proud Husband, Father, Grandfather

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• AHS Student Government Vice President, Class of 1966
• AHS Vice President, Class of 1966
• B.A., Washington and Lee University, (Honors in History)
• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
• Attorney, Corporate and Transactional Law with Tilford Dobbins Law Firm
• Highest Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
• Named to Kentucky Super Lawyers and Top Attorneys in Louisville
•  Community involvement as officer and director of numerous civic and charitable organizations
• Proud husband of Joey Jones Dobbins (AHS ’67), father and grandfather

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• Taught 40 years in JCPS schools
• Sponsored Manual High School National Champion Cheerleaders
• Teaching consultant with the National Geographic Society
• Kentucky Geography Bee coordinator
• WHAS Excel Award Recipient
• Ashland Oil Teachers’ Achievement Award
• City of Windy Hills Councilwoman
• Atherton Cheerleader, yearbook & Aerial staffs

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• Most Valuable Student Council member, 1966-67
• Atherton Orchestra and Youth Orchestra, bass fiddle, 1967-68
• Volunteer WHAS Crusade for Children since 1965 (49 years)
• Member of the Motet Singers - Louisville cappella choir for 11 years
• Member of the Falls City Ramblers Bluegrass Group
• Bachelor of Science in Sociology, University of Louisville
• Worked for the AV department at U of L and Social Chairman for the Beta Fraternity
• Started the Doo Wop Shop in 1971; four stores as of 2014
• Marching Band Parent, 1991-1998
• Proud father of two and grandfather of five

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• Dean: University of Richmond, VA., and also Albion College, MI.
• Appointment by president, Western IL. University to chair investigation of discrimination and to design Women's Studies program
• Appointment by governor of Illinois to Commission on Status of Women, vice chair, eight years
• Election as president of foundation of National Association of Commissions on Women, Washington, D.C.
• Co-author: $750,000 mental health grant awarded by National Institute of Mental Health for establishment of county clinic
• One of twenty women professors selected for Western Illinois University's Centennial History Exhibit
• Sculpture in honor of Dr. Kaspar, presented to Western Illinois University by noted artist
• Award, "Writing Women Back into History" by Macomb Feminist Network

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• Vanderbilt University: BA Mathematics, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1968
• University of Chicago: MD, 1972
• University of California, San Diego, Chief Resident & Fellow in Pediatrics, 1972-1975
• Founder and President; Pediatric Specialty Medical Group, 1978-1998
• Director of Inpatient Services, Rady Children’s Hospital, 1980-1998
• Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Scripps Clinic, 1985-Present
• Chief Medical Officer, Rady Children’s Hospital, 1998-Present

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• Investigative reporter, Sun Sentinel, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Recipient of 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, journalism’s highest honor
• Finalist for 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting
• Investigations led to Congressional hearings, new laws and personnel changes at state and federal levels
• Winner of multiple national journalism awards
• Reporter at the Tampa Tribune and Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• Graduated Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism
• AHS National Honor Society

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• Junior & Senior Class President AHS Class of 1972
• AHS Varsity Letterman in Basketball
• Co-Captain AHS Varsity Basketball Team, 1972
• Outstanding AHS Distributive Education Student, 1972
• Graduate Indiana University School of Business, 1991
• Graduate Brandeis School of Law at The University of Louisville, 1998
• Local small business owner 38 Years

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• Poet Laureate of Kentucky, 1999-2001
• Author of 16 books-Two novels, 9 collections of poetry and several non-fiction relating to Kentucky history
• PH.D in English, 1974, University of Kentucky
• J.D. University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
• College professor - 40 plus years
• Fulbright Recipient (Teaching in Denmark, 1967)
• Two Creative Writing Fellowships-National Endowment for the Arts
• Distinguished Professor Award, 1972, Kentucky State University
• Keenan Visiting Writer, Transylvania University, 2008-present

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