About
Dick, aka Rick, grew up in Boston and Providence. He was educated by the St. Joseph nuns, the Christian brothers and the Jesuit priests. He graduated from Boston College with a BS in accounting. He was in the ROTC program at BC and received a commission as an Army officer in the Military Police. He served in Vietnam and stateside and escaped with an honorable discharge. Despite a weakness in mathematics, Dick earned a CPA while working for Price Waterhouse (PWC) in Boston. The stories in his memoir are from this rowdy and chaotic period in his life.
The academic knowledge from BC, the leadership experience from the Army and the hands-on accounting skills at PWC all contributed to a 35-year career in financial management. Along the way, he was a drummer, a video gamer, and loved to mess around with boats. He worked for several international manufacturing companies and retired as the chief financial officer of a manufacturer in Sarasota Florida.
Dick and his wife Dee retired to the Southport area in North Carolina. They currently live in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
AN UNHOLY MESS
A Book By Richard J. Dobbyn lll
Comedy and calamity are interlaced throughout the stories of a WW II war baby finding his place in the world. His foibles and adventures are told with a dry sense of humor as he bounces off the walls of good and bad behavior throughout his youth and into adulthood. A mischievous nature and an innate disrespect for authority cause a clash with the rigidity of serving in the military. The tales of his year in Vietnam are both hilarious and harrowing. Buy the An Unholy Mess book now at Amazon.com.