LAST INDUCTION 9-18-22
We are so proud that we held our seventh Induction Ceremony in September, 2022. It took place at the Dover High School auditorium at 100 Grace Street in Dover. Family and guests shared the honor of these DHS graduates lifetime achievements.
We were honored with our guest speakers, including Dover's Mayor, the President, Dover Board of Education, our Superintendent of Schools, and Principal of Dover High School.
It takes the full committee over two years to find candidates, submit their names, review each and every person, to be admitted into the presdigous Hall of Fame of Distinguished Alumni.
We are very proud to have presented to you those chosen for the 2022 ceremony, and look forward to the 2025 Induction Class to be held in September, 2025.
Presenting the
2022 Inductees
Dover High School Hall of Fame of
Distinguished Alumni
NAME GRADUATION YEAR CATAGORY
Deborah Iosso 1973 Education
Donald Davis 1986 Public Service/Military
Dr. Jeff Shiffrin* 1972 Medicine
Earl Mason 1965 Business
Edward Scharer* 1959 Community Service
Jack Wackwitz 1960 Higher Education
Lloyd Bernstein 1959 Businesss
Paul Bostrom 1958 Medicine
Phyllis Casey 1962 Community/Education
Richard Riley 1960 Law Enforcement
Harry DeLorenzo* 1936 Education
Richard Crater 1962 Community Service
Edward Nazzaro 1969 Education
Hank Shapiro* 1937 Community
*Posthumously Awarded
Dr. Jeffrey Shiffrin* Class of 1972 Medicine
Dr.. Shiffrin was born in Dover, New Jersey, graduated from Dover High School in 1972. Growing up, Jeff was always a well-rounded young man. He excelled at school and sports, always striving to challenge himself. He was an avid musician, playing the piano, guitar, trumpet and French horn
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and New Jersey College of Medicine. He did his residency at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts, moving on to his fellowship in anesthesia at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
Following Dr. Shiffrin’s fellowship at DHMC, Jeff and his wife Eileen stayed in Hanover, NH, where he was an Associate Professor of Anesthesia and became well known amongst his students for his mentorship and inspirational teaching ability.
His passion for skiing, snow and mountains led he and his wife to Vail, CO, in 1991, where he was instrumental in incorporating the anesthesia department and pioneering the regional anesthesia program in Vail Valley Medical Center.
Dr. Shiffrin eventually brought a cutting edge ultrasound technology to the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center where he was an Associate Professor. With this technology, Jeff greatly expanded UC Health's regional anesthesia program. The technology is widely used today.
Soon after moving to Vail, they welcomed their son, Taylor into the world in 1992. Their daughter, Mikaela, joined soon thereafter being born in 1995. Jeff and Eileen shared their passion for sports, especially their love of skiing, with their children from an early age.
Dr. Shiffrin led his family on many adventures, pursuing their shared love of outdoor activities such as windsurfing in Maui, hiking the Alps and of course, skiing all around the world. As a result of his desire to capture their many experiences, he developed an exceptional talent for photography. The walls of their home are adorned with his breathtaking landscapes. During Taylor's years of NCAA competition, and Mikaela's world cup races, Jeff became well known for capturing and sharing his amazing images and live action photos as one of his true passions.
Family was always his highest priority. Even as a full time physician he managed to spend every free moment travelling to support his children's athletic endeavors, all while instilling his rules of: "Be nice, think first, have fun" and his philosophy of lifelong learning
Dr. John H. (Jack) Wackwitz Class of 1960/ Higher Education
Jack received BA and MA degrees from Denver University and a Ph.D. from The University of Illinois in Psychological Research. In Illinois, Jack assisted on a project developing culture fair assessments in hiring, convincing him he could use his methodological skills in areas of public health and social justice.
At the University of South Carolina, he taught courses in research methodology/analysis to graduate students, mentored African American graduate students, sat on the Clinical, Community and Experimental program faculties. Conducted seminars to link graduate students with faculty research, consulted with local, state, and federal agencies, and NGOs on issues of discrimination and the analysis of data.
In Colorado he worked for Mental Health Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, and Social and Family Services. There he developed systems for evaluating client problems, treatments, and outcomes. Developed evaluation tools, managed state-wide data bases, and conduced research projects on new and innovative treatment procedures. The research spanned different social issues including, Mentally Ill in State Hospitals, Mental Illness in jails, treatment of persons with multiple alcohol and drug addictions, crisis mental health services in rural areas, services to isolated frontier areas, social service needs of Undocumented Immigrants, services for children and adolescents with combined mental health, substance abuse, and criminal justice problems.
He worked with / consulted with, federal, state, and local agencies and NGOs including, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Drug Abuse, The Center for Mental Health Services, Human Services Research Institute, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors.
He volunteered with homelessness, hunger, environmental, and educational projects including, the Greater Denver Interfaith Alliance, Jeffco Action Center, Project Feed, Sierra Club, and Open Living School.
As an athlete and coach, he competed in running events from 400 meters to a marathon, coached youth swim teams for ten years, and helped organize track and running clubs in Colorado, Illinois, and South Carolina. He competed in track races at State Senior Games in 18 states. To compete in National Senior Games, it is necessary to qualify in a State Senior Games. He qualified for nationals in all 18 states, competing in four National Games. He won both the 800-meter and 1500-meter races at the 2017 Nationals.
ED NAZZARO Class of 1969 Education
Ed Nazzaro graduated from Dover High School in 1969 with high honors. He went on to study at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature and his M.S. in Education, graduating magna cum laude and elected into Phi Beta Kappa. He continued graduate work at Teachers College, Columbia University in the department of Curriculum and Teaching.
Ed began his career in teaching at Randolph High School and, in 1977, returned to Dover High School as Supervisor of World Languages, ESL and Bilingual Education, a position he held for 23 years.
During his tenure at Dover High School, he received numerous prestigious awards, including a Rockefeller Foundation grant to study in Puerto Rico, two Fulbright Scholarships to Japan and Portugal, Morris County’s Best Teacher Award, two Best Practice Awards from the New Jersey Department of Education, and Outstanding Educator of the Year as presented by CHISPAC (Hispanic Political Action Committee). He founded and ran the annual International Festival, the International Club, and the Latin Mix Dance Group. He also produced a successful series of Spanish language plays for the community performed by Repertorio Español along with organizing Spanish-language playwrighting workshops and competitions that resulted in three winners from Dover High School of the New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival.
Knowing firsthand the benefits of traveling abroad, having himself been the first international exchange student from Dover High School in 1968 when he lived and studied in Cusco, Peru during his junior year, Ed chaperoned and organized numerous exchange programs in Europe for Dover students.
Ed went on to serve as Vice Principal at both North Dover and Academy Street elementary schools and brought his teaching career full circle when he retired from Randolph High School.
Ed currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he continues to teach ESL at the Santa Fe Community College and volunteers at the Cathedral Basilica of Santa Fe and the San Miguel Mission, the oldest church in the United States. Ed is a Master Gardener and a student of religious art; he writes icons, paints retablos, and carves bultos and santos.
Phyllis Casey Class of 1962 Copmmunity and Education
Phyllis attended Dover Public Schools from kindergarten through high school. After graduation from Dover High School, class of 1962, she attended Newark State College (now Kean University) earning a B.A. degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Library Science.
Phyllis began a 45-year career in education, first as a fifth-grade teacher, then as Reading Specialist/Literacy Coach and Head Teacher with the Rockaway Township School District. In addition, she earned an MA degree in Reading Specialization from Newark State, LDTC certification from William Paterson, and Administration/Supervision certification from Jersey City State. She served on many district curriculum committees and as a staff developer teaching courses to district teachers. Later, she received an Associate Degree from County College of Morris in computer science with business applications.
During her career, Phyllis was an active participant or officer in many educational associations-local and county levels of the National Education Association; Morris County, New Jersey and International Reading Associations; New Jersey and National Association of Administration Supervision Curriculum Development, officer in New Jersey-Northeast Coalition of Educational Leaders (awarded NJ-NECEL President’s Award for Outstanding Service in 1996) and is listed in Who’s Who in Education.
As a life-long Dover resident, she has also been very involved with community activities-serving as an officer (current president) and active member of the College Club of Dover, life member, trustee and current co-president of the Dover Area History Society, recording secretary of the former Lakeland Community Concert Association, member of the Friends of the Dover Free Public Library and served on the Dover 250th Anniversary Committee as co-chairwoman of the hospitality committee. Also, she has volunteered to be a member of the Dover 300th Anniversary Committee.
Phyllis is a life-long member of First United Methodist Church of Dover where she has served in several capacities: church schoolteacher/superintendent, Administrative Board recording secretary, Trustee, food pantry coordinator, UMWomen treasurer and co-chairperson of the 180th anniversary committee.
Earl Mason Class of 1965 / Business
After graduating from Dover High School Mr. Mason earned a BS in Economics and a Masters Degree, from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Earl began his business career, at AT&T, where he held various positions in the areas of Finance, Marketing and Planning. After 16 years of service and being promoted to Executive Director, he was recruited by Digital Equipment Corporation.
At Digital, Mr. Mason was assigned to run worldwide Manufacturing Finance, headquartered in Maynard Massachusetts. After three years, Mason was named Digital’s European Chief Financial Officer headquartered in Geneva Switzerland. Here he supervised financial operations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In 1991, He then moved to Inland Steel Industries.
At Inland, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He also served as the President of Inland International which controlled a web of metal trading companies through out the world. After six years, Mason was recruited back to the computer industry by Compaq Computer .
At Compaq, Earl was named senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Here he supervised Global Finance Through the operations of hundreds of subsidiaries around the globe. Mason also engineered and led the acquisitions of Tandem Computer Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation, which transformed Compaq from a PC company to a full service computer company. After four years, Mr. Mason was recruited by Alliant.
At Alliant, Mr. Mason was named President and CEO and tasked with turning the company around financially and growing sales. He created Alliant-Link.com, which became a multi-billion dollar internet distributor of food. The company grew from $7 Billion in sales to $9 Billion. In 2000 Mr. Mason retired from day to day operations and sold his interest in Alliant. Since 2000, Earl has served on various Corporate Boards
Mr. Mason also works for environmental reform in the Central American Country of Belize. He serves as a Trustee on the Turneffe Atoll Trust. The mission is to drive conservation efforts at the Turneffe Atoll leading to sustainable environmental, social and economic benefits for Turneffe and Belize. It’s The Trusts strategic objective to spread our model to similar coastal marine environments throughout the world.
Earl and his wife Bonnie live on Spring Island South Carolina.
Dr. Paul Bostrom MD Class of 1958 Medicine/Community
Dr. Bostrom graduated from DHS in 1958 as the winner of the Birch Honor Award.
In 1962 he graduated from Princeton University, Cum Laude and from Cornell Medical School in NYC in 1966. He married Lil Faulker a native of New Jersey.
They moved to Burlington VT where he completed a Rotating Internship and a Surgical
Residency at the University Vermont, finishing in 1971. Our 3 children were all born in Vermont. He then served 2 years as a General Surgeon in the US Air Force in Idaho,
finishing there in 1973.
He then joined a Medical/Surgical Group Practice In Cortez, CO. where he remained with for his entire medical career. At that location he became a Field Surgeon with the Colorado Army National Guard. During his 20 years as a NG doc, he participated in
multiple humanitarian medical missions to Central and South America.
In 1978 he was appointed Montezuma County Coroner, a position He held for 20 years. Holding that position allowed him to join DMORT ( a US Disaster Mortuary group).
He served a full month as Medico-legal Dearth investigator in 2001 at the World Trade Center disaster in NYC.and served the same position in 2005 in Louisiana for
Hurricane Katrina.
Paul served active duty with the US Army from November 1990 to May 1991 in SaudiArabia and Kuwait City
Locally, he played trumpet with 2 Community Bands, sang with the Mancos Valley Chorus and directed a local church choir.
In the 1970’s he served on President Gerald Ford’s “Health Services Agency” for Colorado. Their mission was cost containment of expensive medical equipment like CAT scanners and MRI machines.
He retired from medicine in 2000 and became an Interpretive Park Ranger at Mesa Verde National Park, which is near his home. In this position. He conducted tours to various Cliff Dwellings, and the park museum and hiking trails. He interacted with tourists from around the world on a daily basis, sharing
information on Native American history and customs.
He retired from everything in about 2012, at which time underwent the successful
surgical repair of his own mitral valve.
Henry Shapiro* Class of 1937 Community Service
Henry "Hank" Shapiro was born on September 13, 1920, at home in Dover, and has been playing piano since he was 5 years old. Henry’s Grandfather was a Rabbi and one of the founding members of the Dover Jewish Center. Hank graduated from Dover High School in 1937.
Starting at age 5, Hank was taught classical piano and at age 13 he studied "ragtime". His first paid job was in 1933 and earned him seventy-five cents a night. At age 16 he had his own band.
In 1937 he commuted to New York to take lessons in jazz. He studied writing and arranging music. He studied with George Gershwin’s musical arranger.
Mr. Shapiro enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He married his high school sweetheart, Doris Weber, just before deploying overseas. He served four years as a Captain in the South Pacific. After the war, he worked in his family’s retail store, Shapiro's Modern Economy Store in Dover. They raised four children: Rena, Ronald, Rosalind and Rachelle. Hank started two of his own retail stores, in Franklin and in Sparta..
Hank was a member the Dover Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Education for 15 years. The current Dover High School was built during his tenure as he helped the planning and building of the Grace Street high school. Hank was active the in the Band Boosters and a member of the Musicians’ Union
He also assisted with music therapy in the Lydia Hayes Home for the Blind.
Hank moved to Florida’s west coast in the 1980 and continued playing in clubs and restaurants. He and Phil Grassia organized an annual “Dover Day” reunion in Florida. In 2014 he returned to New Jersey and continues to perform locally.
In September of 2018, Henry was awarded a formal resolution from the Morris County Board of Freeholders and a Joint Legislative Resolution from the Senate and General Assembly of New Jersey.
At age 100, Hank was still performing regularly. In March 2020, at the start of the pandemic and right after heart valve replacement surgery, Hank performed every Saturday at 5:30pm on Facebook Live and YouTube. He attained over 2000 followers internationally and was featured on CBS News and NJ.com.
Colonel Donald Davis Class of !986 Military/Public Service USMC (Ret)
Colonel Davis, born in 1968 in Dover, New Jersey, graduated from Dover High School in June 1986. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in May 1990 in the United States Marine Corps.
From 1990 until 2017, Don served his country in many different roles, locations and commands. He was deployed numerous times, including to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan as the Commanding Officer for Marine Corps Logistics Command Forward.
The last few years of his career in the Marines, Don assumed command of the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia for three years and then was the Chief of NORAD-NORTHCOM Theater Strategy and Campaign Plans Division.
After he retired from the military at the rank of Colonel, he moved on to his next adventure as County Manager, serving the citizens of Jefferson County, Colorado. He joined Jeffco in May 2017, where he enjoys serving alongside more than 3,000 dedicated employees.
Areas that Colonel Davis dealt with as county manager range from COVID recovery, equity and diversity , staff training acquiring acreage to protect native habitat, affordable housing , to working with indigenous Peoples. Jefferson county has a population of 600,00 residents and encompasses 774. square miles.
Colonel Davis is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College; the Amphibious Warfare School; the Executive Leadership Program from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill – Kenan-Flagler Business School; and the Marine Corps Executive Logistics Education Program at Penn State. He holds two master's degrees; one in Public Administration from Webster University, graduating with high honors in March 1996 and a second in Strategic Studies from the Marine Corps War College in 2011.
He recently accepted a new position as County Manager of Bloomfield County, CO
Don and his wife, Becky, have been married 29 years, and have been blessed with four children; Kaitlyn, Mackenzie, Jack , and Luke
Lloyd M. Bernstein Class of 1959 Business/Community Service
Upon graduation from the University of Cincinnati with his BSIM and MBA, Lloyd joined The United States Shoe Corporation (a Fortune 100 company) and became Corporate Director of Operations. He later joined Jetcom, Inc., the largest distributor of Graphic Arts equipment and supplies in the Midwest region, where he became President.
His experiences subsequently led him to develop, own and operate the Waycross Court Club in Cincinnati, and to also become a national consultant in this field. Subsequently, he became Director of Marketing for Linclay Corporation, the 14th largest real estate developer in the U.S., where he oversaw and negotiated over 2 million square feet of office and retail lease facilities.
His various experiences eventually led to his own entrepreneurial endeavors when he founded LMB Associates, Inc., which provides real estate services including Commercial Development, Brokerage, Consulting, and Investment to a variety of clients, including a multi-billion dollar national health care institution, major national retail chains, and private investment groups.
In addition, his volunteer/community service experiences include a Mayoral appointment to the City of Cincinnati Historic Conservation Board; the Presidency of The Cincinnati Fundraisers , a non-profit which raised several million dollars for cancer research at Children’s Hospital; a volunteer at the First Lutheran Church Soup Kitchen in Cincinnati and a volunteer at the St. John’s Methodist Church Food Pantry in Santa Fe.
A volunteer with The National Ski Patrol, which was awarded the Outstanding Ski Patrol in the U.S. and where Lloyd was a Personal Recipient of the National Ski Patrol Blue Star Merit Award, and where he was the regional Mountaineering Instructor; and benefactor of the HAR Dutton Scholarship Award at Dover High School.
He is an experienced Arctic Mountaineer, having climbed Mt. McKinley, Mt. Rainier, Mt Hood, and numerous "14ers" in Colorado. He is an accomplished watercolor and let handed oil painter and a practitioner of Martial Arts in Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido, where he achieved black belt status in 2022. Lloyd is a member of the Antique Tribal Art Association, and his museum-quality collection of artifacts contains pieces which have been in museums internationally.
Edward A. Scharer* Class of 1959 Community Service
Edward attended Rutgers University, after graduating DHS, where he earned a BS degree in Agriculture. While a student he was captain of the wrestling team and in 1963 was named an All American. In 2018 he was inducted into the RU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Confident in his dream of full-time farming, in 1973 Ed purchased Buck Island Farm in central Virginia. It was a beautiful place but needed significant updating. The first years he added fences, fixed drainage, and restored the old house. Mr.Scharer raised cattle and hogs, grew corn and hay.
He became active in local farming organizations and hosted popular events such as the Open Farm Days enjoyed by the many visitors, and events of interest to farmers such as demos on Clean Water Resources, Conservation Practices, and Animal Husbandry.
The Albemarle Housing Improvement program gave him their Housing Hero award when he provided land and helped build a house for a needy family. He served in the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District.
Coach Scharer, assisted coaching the University of Virginia wrestling team (Where the old man was better than the young bucks) and worked with two other college wrestlers to create the Albemarle High School team, train the students, and secure funds for the sport.
In 1997, he was elected to the Virginia Farm Bureau Board of Directors representing central Virginia farmers. Three successive state governors appointed Ed to the Virginia Pork Board to creatively use money for research at Virginia Tech and Virginia State Universities.
In 2006, Ed became Vice President of VAFB and represented agricultural business throughout the commonwealth. He was successful in including minorities in the organization, and worked to include farming operations such as vineyards, organic farms, and equine enterprises.
Ed saw changes to farming with part-time farmers, lifestyle farmers, organic farmers, equine enterprises, and vineyards, recognizing that they must be included in the future of farming in Virginia. His foresight helped foster a dialogue with the non-farmers as the county moved from rural to suburban. In 2012, after 39 years on the Bureau, he retired back to Buck Island Farm.
Deborah (Gallo) Iosso Class of 1973 Education
Upon graduation from Bloomsburg University, Ms. Iosso began a 43-year teaching, coaching and administrative career in Randolph Township. Her education continued earning MA and Ed.S.degrees at Seton Hall University along with principal and school administrator certifications.
During her tenure she was awarded the Morris County Teacher of the Year Award, the NJ ARC State Teacher of the Year Award and received two best practices awards from the National Character Education Partnership.
As a special educator, she taught K-12 students of varying abilities and became the Area 3 Special Olympics Coordinator hosting and attending many local and state competitions. Ms. Iosso was a huge fan of Unified Sports and along with teachers and coaches received the NJ State Special Olympic Exemplary Play Award in 2016. Coaching duties at Randolph included assistant basketball and head track with the girl’s track team earning championship status and Ms. Iosso recognized by the Daily Advance as Coach of the Year.
Ms. Iosso’s administrative career began with supervising the special education department. Within a year, she was asked to take over vice principal duties at Center Grove and eventually became the principal at that school. In 2010, Ms. Iosso was asked to take the helm at Randolph High School and remained as the principal until her retirement in October of 2020. During that time, Randolph High School was consistently ranked in the top 10% of all public high schools by U.S. News and World Report, maintained excellent AP honor roll status, became one of a few schools in NJ to begin the AP Capstone Diploma program, supported an exemplary Option II program, encouraged dual enrollment in college classes for all high school students and established a successful teacher driven instructional coaching program that provided 24/7 resources for all staff which in turn benefitted all students.
In addition to administrative duties, Ms. Iosso was co-president of the New Jersey Athletic Conference Board of Governors hosting hundreds of NJAC athletes annually for a sportsmanship summit. She attended and presented at many local, state and national conferences such as ASCD and Tech and Learning on topics such as technology in education and instructional coaching. She has published articles in Educational Viewpoints and has currently established her own LLC, Intentional Coaching for Administrators.
Richard Riley Class of 1960 Law Enforcement
Mr. Riley was born, raised and is a lifelong resident of Dover. In his senior 1959-1960 football season, he was selected as All-Area, All County and Group III second team All State.
MR. Riley served in the US Marine Corps and while in boot camp, he was one of 8 out of 300 promoted to PFC. Upon, returning from active duty, he joined the Dover Police Department. His Dad was a Dover police officer making Rich a third generation law enforcement officer.
He transitioned to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, where he served in many capacities including Polygraph Examiner, Electronic Specialist and under-cover operative. His clandestine activity was centered in the city of Newark and Irvington where a number of major cases were created.
One of Mr. Riley’s assignments while temporarily assigned to the Secret Service was security for two United States Presidents and one United States Vice President.
While serving as Chief of County Detectives, Mr. Riley and his entire staff were involved with the FBI in investigating the kidnapping of Exxon’s President of their International Division. The ransom demand remains the largest in the history of our country at 18.5 million dollars.
As a result of the investigation and arrest, he participated along with the FBI in four (4) televised documentaries as well as two (2) books, detailing the tragic kidnapping and murder of the President of International Division.
After his retirement, he has committed himself to give back to our community. Mr. Riley is on the Board of Directors and past president of the Randolph YMCA, a member and past president of Dover Rotary Club and a trustee, lector and Eucharistic minister of Sacred Heart and Holy Rosary Parish. He also served as Dover’s Emergency Management Coordinator during hurricane Sandy and two significant micro bursts. He also has served on the Dover Board of Education He remains committed to the town he grew up in and continues to serve the community.
Richard E. Crater Class of 1962 Community Service
Mr. Crater has spent many years serving the communities in which he has lived. After graduating from Dover High School in 1962, He attended Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ where he received a B.S. and an MBA degree. While residing in Dover, he was elected to the Dover Board of Education. In addition, he was active in the Dover Jaycees and Pioneer Club where he coached youth football.
After relocating to Chatham Borough in 1972, MR. Crater was elected to the Chatham Borough Board of Education where he served as Vice President. Several years later, he was instrumental in merging Chatham Borough schools with the Township of Chatham. This was a significant accomplishment since two independent K-12 school districts had never been merged in New Jersey before this time. He also served on the new School District of the Chathams Board of Education as Vice President.
After spending 13 years on three Boards of Education, Mr.Crater was elected to the Borough of Chatham Council. He was re-elected four times and served 12 years on this government body. After retiring from a successful career on the town council, Rich served as President of the Planning Board.
He joined the Chatham Emergency Squad and became certified as an EMT. During his EMT career of 36 years, he served in several administrative positions including President of the Emergency Squad. Rich was selected as the EMT of the year in 2017 by his squad, and was honored at Overlook Hospital.
In 2005, Rich received the Jaycees Distinguished Service Award (DSA) for his dedication and service to the Chathams. The criteria for the DSA is best summed up by its motto: “Service to humanity is the best work of life.”
A career human resource professional, He was employed in the banking and insurance industries. He was a member of the Workforce Investment Board of Union County where he served as Board Chairman. During his career, he was also a member of the adjunct faculty at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Union County College.
Rich married his high school sweetheart Doris Matthews (class of 1963) and have two children, Kimberley and Richard, and five grandchildren.
Harry “Coo” DeLorenzo* Class of 1934 Education
Mr. DeLorenzo graduated from Dover high in 1934, and earned a scholarship to Albright College. At Albright, he excelled scholastically and played Football on several championship teams. He also met his future bride Dorothy on campus. After graduating in 1939, he became a player coach for the semi-pro football team East Dover Field Club.
He began his illustrious teaching and coaching career at Roxbury High School returning to DHS in 1945 and joined the math department. He became the head Basketball coach and assistant Football coach,
In 1953 Mr. Delorenzo’s basketball team was co-champ of the then Lakeland Conference. In 1959 he won the league title outright. In 1960 he was named Coach of the Year. The DHS football teams were also co-champions in, !961 and 1962 during his tenure as an assistant.
Mr. DeLorenzo also officiated football for many years and served as President of the NJ Officials Association. He also served as president of the Morris County Basketball and Football Associations.
After a successful coaching career, Mr. Delorenzo was appointed Athletic Director at Dover High. He held that position until has retirement in 1979. His entire career at DHS spanned 34 years.
Mr. Delorenzo was also an active member of Scared Heart Church, a member of the couples club , and a member of the Uncle Sam’s Social Club.