Dorsey Dysart

Retire? New career?

Overwhelming, awefully big and sooo much glass

That's odd, no one comes to mind. I do remember Mr. Rykowski saying, "and you plan to go to college?" and Mr. Gibson saying over and over "discretion is the better part of valor." I never quite understood why he kept saying that.

Where to start...

No recall

Driving the family Ford to the lake in the summer was just about the best.

Nothing to prove, at least I don't feel that way anymore

Those that I liked the most:

Medical Director for a hospital and alot of programs around the countyl

Being involved in hospital acquisitions and mergers

Writing software to evaluate brain electrical functioning for "derailed executives" in Silicon Valley

Six months as a lay monk in a Buddhist Monestary

Building my hospital in New Orleans

The pillar of my day is my practice of Zen Buddhism

Keeping my friendships from around the country active.

Alot of tennis

Finish writing a book on The Cognitive Neuroscience of Zen and Addiction

Lets leave that chapter open

Wow, 50 years! Sometimes I think how it might have been different in school if I knew then what I know now. It feels like I spent a long time in school, but I cherish as much or more the friends and times at Parkviews.

Now that I am growed up, I have become a neurologist, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Presently, I am in private practice in St. Louis.
Over the years I have done a number of things in alot of different places, including building hospitals and investment banking. During difficult times I had some jobs that are nothing to brag about.

I am widowed and have two step children. I plan to practice and teach for a few more years before I retire to indulge my passion for sailing.