STEVEN C. DOSSIN, Ph.D.

Steve's purpose in his life on earth is to go to heaven and take as many people as possible with him.

Steve was born May 29, 1954 in Fort Worth, Texas to Harry and Betsy Dossin. The family moved to the Wedgwood area in 1958. This was a very special place for growing up in the 60s and 70s, thanks to the Greatest Generation. Steve attended Bruce Shulkey Elementary School, Wedgwood Junior High School, and graduated from Southwest High School, earning the award for the top Mathematics and Science student and a National Merit Scholarship. Steve received his bachelor's degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He earned his Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University.

At the beginning of 1982, Steve married Margaret (Peggy) Henabray. She was a young man's dream: pretty, smart, personable. However, shortly after the marriage, Peggy suffered brain damage due to an attack of Acute Intermittent Porphyria. She was left as a mental two-year-old from the damage. She was hospitalized for five months, then Steve took care of her at home for two and a half years (with help) before Peggy entered a nursing home. Steve remarried in late 1990 to Nita Roth, an amazing woman in that she helps Steve take care of his first wife.

Teaching: Steve Dossin is an educator. He loves to to enrich both the knowledge and the lives of his students. He has taught at LeTourneau University, at the University of Dallas Graduate School of Management, at the University of Texas at Dallas, at Southern Methodist University, at Dallas Christian College, and most recently at Tarrant County College. He retired from teaching in 2022.

Ministry: Steve Dossin is the co-founder of Living the Abundant Life Ministry, a discipling ministry in faith, freedom, and finances. The Living the Abundant Life Seminar, a presentation given primarily through churches, teaches how to apply Biblical financial principles. This ministry also has other presentations and services available.

Church: Steve has served the churches he has been a member of in a variety of capacities including Elder, President, Treasurer, Stewardship Chair, and instructor for new members' classes. He has served the Texas District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod as a member of the District Stewardship Committee. He and his wife Nita are members of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fort Worth, Texas.

Politics: Steve has been active in politics, having served as the Chairman of a Texas political action committee. His belief in fair elections is evidenced by his work on elections as a poll watcher, as an election clerk, and as an election judge. He has been elected as a delegate to State political conventions several times. He has also developed the Coming Together Plan, a plan for tax and welfare reform which combines the best from both liberal and conservative philosophies.

Community: Steve was involved in the founding of schools for "at-risk" youth through Dallas/Fort Worth Street Schools, where he has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and as Treasurer and Director of Technology. He has also served as Treasurer and as a Director of Word of Life Ministry (later known as Forgotten Saints), which provided chaplains for nursing homes.

Business: Steve is a professional business consultant and president of Dossin Business Solutions, Inc. He advised and assisted executives and managers in the areas of information management, finance, statistics, forecasting and budgeting, and mergers and acquisitions.

Computer skills: Steve's long experience in using computer and communication technology to improve productivity includes extensive work with IBM Midrange computers from the System/3 to the AS/400 (aka iSeries, System i, and Power Systems running IBM i) This includes programming in RPG from RPG II to RPG ILE, including CGI programming for the web. He is also skilled in in a wide variety of PC software, including business and statistical applications.

Media: Steve has been listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest. He has been quoted and interviewed in a variety of publications, including a thirty minute interview on the television program Business and Law.