DOT’S BIO

Born and raised in Lexington, SC, Dot graduated from Lexington High

School and went to work for Southern Bell in Columbia as a

Draftsperson in their Engineering Department.  In 1964 she transferred

to the Charleston area and continued working in the Engineering

Department of Southern Bell. She lived on the Isle of Palms until 1989

when she was displaced by Hurricane Hugo.  Along the way, in 1967 she

went to work at Naval Electronics Southeast Division

(SPAWAR/Information Warfare Command Charleston) in their

Engineering Department, again, as a Draftperson.  In 1980 she moved

to the Fleet Department as an Engineering Technician and continued

her career installing communications equipment in the Atlantic Fleet

SSBN force.  Soon thereafter her job transitioned to installing special

communications equipment in Atlantic Fleet aircraft carriers, and then

shortly thereafter in carriers worldwide.  In this capacity, she saw much

of the world which the Navy called home.  In San Diego, she met

her future husband, Dave, and they married in 1991.  In 1997 Dot

retired following 31 years as a Navy civilian.