1. Official Title at work: Chicago Police Officer
2. Favorite spare time interests/activities: Movies, my kids’ and their sports events, Reds baseball, Cowboys football, dating, & seeing friends

3. Significant Other’s Name: None presently

4. Significant Other’s Title at work: N/A

5. High schools attended: Lyons Township High School in LaGrange

6. Children: 

Ryan - a senior at St Laurence High School, plans to attend Moraine Valley in the fall.

Dan (Bear) - also a senior at St Laurence, captains the volleyball team and expects to

attend Illinois State in the fall.

Nora – a freshman at Illinois State and is majoring in Education.

Beth – is a senior at St Peters in New Jersey and is majoring in Accounting.

Megan – is teaching third grade at St Catherine’s in Oak Lawn, IL.

7. I’d pack my bags now if tomorrow I could make a reasonable living: Acting in movies

8. Favorite local restaurant when price is no object: Beef & Brandy

9. Household pets: Cocker Spaniel dog named Clancy

10. Best vacation I had in recent years: Going to Tennessee to reenact Civil War battles

11. Last repair or home project I did that took longer than expected because I miscalculated, planned

poorly, didn’t know what I was doing, or just plain screwed up: Changing a light bulb.

12. Best Legends memory:

When Jerry & Mary Ann took me home after my stint in the service, I discovered that my parents had moved without telling me. Then when we got to the right apartment, my loyal dog, Teddy, welcomed me back by biting me!

Duke’s kids surrounding his Dad... from left; Nora, Ryan, Beth, Dad, the Bear, and Megan.

 

When Dukey came marching home from the Marines and Viet Nam in 1969 he posed for this photo at the airport along side the future editor of the Legend and apparent leader of the Gay Liberation Army (Jerry).