Dave has been a CWC member since 1996, first at the San Fernando Valley branch, then at West Valley, where he is the current president and state rep. A 1955 graduate of the University of Massachusetts, he was on the editorial staff of the college newspaper and had a nightly radio show. After college, he joined the Marine Corps, was transferred to Camp Pendleton, married, and stayed in California where he taught high school English at Poly High for 35 years.
His articles have been in the Massachusetts Quarterly, Southwest Art Magazine, Desert Magazine, the Andover Townsman, and other smaller publications. He has a screenplay on file with the Screen Actors Guild, though he favors writing short stories..
At age eleven Dave wrote a tearful eulogy about his dog Blackie, who died when he was hit by a car. His mother sent it to the town newspaper, and an animal-lovers magazine based in Boston picked it up and used it as its main feature, A Boy and His Dog.
Dave received letters of sympathy from readers in the United States, England, Canada, and South Africa. “It was hard to top that one,” says Dave,. “I haven't, yet.”