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Denny Menshel

Profile Updated: September 5, 2014
Residing In:
GOWANDA, NY USA
Spouse/Partner:
SONJA
Children:
FOUR:
SONYA (PERO) MENSHEL
SONIA (BOVO) MENSHEL
More… SONDRA (SALIM) MENSHEL
SAMUEL MENSHEL

SONYA AND SONDRA RESIDE IN ALDEN
SONIA RESIDES IN HAMBURG
SAMUEL RESIDES IN LANCASTER

THREE OF THE ABOVE RESIDED IN
WEST PALM BEACH, FLOIDA, FOR
SEVERAL YEARS AND ALL THREE
MOVED BACK TO WNY. ALL THREE
GREW SICK OF FLORIDA AND/OR
MISSED THEIR MOMMY AND DADDY
TOO MUCH: FLORIDA'S LOSS AND OUR
GAIN!
Military Service:
UNITED STATE AIR FORCE  
Comments:

IN THE EARLY 1970S LEGALLY CHANGED MY NAME FROM DENNIS C. TO DENNY

ALTHOUGH NOT AS DRAMATIC AS CASSIUS CLAY TO MUHAMMAD ALI, WOULD ASK THAT YOU RESPECT THE NAME CHANGE.

FINANCIAL PLANNER 1971-1979

PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION 1979-2009

SELF EMPLOYED ATTORNEY 1985-2007

SPECIAL PROSECUTOR 1987

COLLINS TOWN JUSTICE 1988

GCS BOARD OF EDUCATION 1999

TAUGHT INTRODUCTION TO
BUSINESS ON TELEVISION
AT WNED-TV 1999

PRIVATELY RETAINED TO TEACH
LAW SEMINARS ON SITE AT
GREATBATCH INC (CLARENCE) 2005

TAUGHT LAW COURSES THREE
THREE STRAIGHT SUMMERS ON
SITE AT THE GEICO INSR CO.
AT CROSSPOINT BUSINESS PARK 2006-08

RETIRED FROM LAW PRACTICE IN 2007 AND AM RETIRING FROM ECC AUGUST 20, 2009; WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH PART TIME AT ECC AND AM WORKING ON MY RESUME FOR ADDITIONAL TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS.

School Story:

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
PART TIME NIGHTS - UNDERGRADUATE
WORK; COMPLETED 30 HOURS (ONE YEAR)

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO BA 1971

FREDONIA STATE COLLEGE AND BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE - GRADUATE WORK

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY JD 1978

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY
JUDGE SCHOOL PARTS 1&2 1988

ENOUGH SCHOOL........................................

Other places you have lived:

MILITARY SERVICE:

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
TURKEY
KOREA
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (2ND TIME)
OKINAWA
VIETNAM
LAUREL, MARYLAND
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

CURRENTLY HAVE TWO HOMES: 71 HIDDEN RIDGE COMMON IN WILLIAMSVILLE (2002-PRESENT) AND 24 CAROLINE ROAD IN GOWANDA (1979-PRESENT)

What did you do right after high school?

EMPLOYED AT MOENCH TANNING COMPANY AND SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER A LAYOFF, THANKS TO MY GOOD FRIEND LIONEL CABRAL, ENLISTED IN THE USAF WHERE I REMAINED FOR EIGHT YEARS.
MET MY FUTURE WIFE IN 1962, PROPOSED IN 1964 AND MARRIED IN 1966. IN 2012 OUR FAMILY WILL CELEBRATE OUR 50 YEARS TOGETHER IN LAS VEGAS; HOPEFULLY WE WILL RETURN WITH ALL OF OUR BODY PARTS.

What do you do now?

TEACH LAW AT ECC. PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT LAW COURSES AT BRYANT AND STRATTON (1979-1982)
AND NIAGARA UNIVERSITY (1980-1982).
ATTEND NUMEROUS BIRTHDAY PARTIES ETC. FOR FAMILY INCLUDING 4 CHILDREN AND 12 GRANDCHILDREN.

How did you get into that?

TEACHING? LOTS OF SCHOOL

CHILDREN/GRANDCHILDREN? EASY

What did you want to do or think you were going to do when you finished high school?

DID NOT HAVE A CLUE.

Past jobs?

SEE ABOVE

High points of your life since high school?

MEETING MY FUTURE WIFE AND GETTING MARRIED; HAVING FOUR CHILDREN AND 12 GRANDCHILDREN; TEACHING FOR 30 YEARS.

What do you like to do in your spare time?

WALK SIX MILES EVERY MORNING; UP UNTIL LAST DECEMBER, GYM WORKOUT 6 MORNINGS A WEEK.
CURRENTLY HAVE SEVERE ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES IN BOTH ARMS BUT WILL BE RETURNING TO THE GYM IN JUNE 2009. ADDITIONALLY, FAMILY PARTIES, READING AND WATCHING TV -
PARTICULARLY THE BUFFALO BILLS - ARE MAJOR ACTIVITIES. LOVE GAMING.........................

Travel much?

BETWEEN GOWANDA AND WILLIAMSVILLE.
ALSO BETWEEN GOWANDA AND SALAMANCA TO OUR FAVORITE CASINO. PRIOR TO THE EXISTENCE OF LOCAL GAMING, WE WENT TO ATLANTIC CITY (TAJ MAHAL) ON MONTHLY JUNKETS WITH MY PARENTS.

What is the furthest you have been away from home?

TAKE YOUR PICK BETWEEN TURKEY, KOREA, OKINAWA, VIETNAM AND TEXAS (WHICH I BELIEVE IS OVER THERE SOMEWHERE).........DEFINITELY NOT MY FAVORITE PLACE.

What would we be surprised to know about you?

WHEN I FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL I WAS SO VERY SICK OF SCHOOL I NEVER WANTED TO SEE ANOTHER SCHOOL. LATER I ATTENDED SIX DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND HAVE TAUGHT AT THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS FOR 30 YEARS. FRANKLY, I AM SURPRISED TO KNOW THIS ABOUT ME BUT IT WAS AND IS TRUE.

Tell us about your first car:

AN OLD FORD STATION WAGON THAT I PURCHASED FOR $200 AND SPENT THREE TIMES THAT MUCH FIXING IT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. ALSO REMEMBER A TEXAS COP STOPPING ME FOR GOING 46 IN A 45 ZONE.

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Denny Menshel added a comment on Profile.
Mar 25, 2014 at 4:25 PM
Mar 13, 2014 at 12:47 PM

happy birthday El, best regards, Denny

Posted: Dec 17, 2013 at 12:12 AM
DENNY & SONJA
Posted: Dec 17, 2013 at 12:12 AM
DENNY & GRANDCHILD 2008