Edwin F. Dosek

Brigadier General Edwin F. Dosek Brigadier General Edwin F. Dosek, USAR, Ret., born October 9, 1920, passed away peacefully in his home in Crofton, MD on April 28, 2015. General Dosek lived a full life of service and extraordinary accomplishment. He was the first of six children, born in Ulysses, NE. to Edward and Philomena Dosek. Ed grew up in Lincoln, NE, and earned his degree in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska in 1942. Following graduation, he enlisted in the Army and served in Alaska with a code breaking unit. Soon thereafter, he completed Officers Candidate School in New Orleans in 1944. From there he caught the break of his life when he was assigned to duty at the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation near Newport News, VA, where he met his beloved Betty Rees Scott. They married on October 27, 1945, and remained devoted to one another throughout his life. At the conclusion of World War II, Ed took Betty back to Nebraska where he attended and graduated from Creighton University School of Law in 1948. Ed remained active in the United States Army Reserve while he built his law practice in Lincoln, graduating from both the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. Throughout his life, Ed was involved in numerous civic and charitable causes. He headed up local campaigns for the Nebraska Heart Fund, led the Nebraska Heart Association as President for 14 years, and served as a member of the American Heart Association Board of Directors. He founded the Lincoln Rehabilitation Center. He served as a Board member and Vice President of the national Junior Chamber of Commerce from 1953-1954, and in 1955, the Lincoln Jaycees recognized him as Lincoln's Outstanding Young Man. In 1960 and 1964, Ed was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the State of Nebraska. He also found time to chair the PTA at Saint Teresa's School where each of his four children were educated When not pursuing his professional objectives, Ed devoted enormous energy and talent to the youth of Lincoln. In addition to working as an official for high school and college football and basketball games, Ed was a founder in 1949 of the Lincoln Midget football program, a program that is still vital today. He volunteered as a coach from then until life took him to Crofton in 1970, producing numerous city and Nebraska State Championship teams, even garnering an invitation to play in the Santa Claus Bowl in Lakeland, FL, which his team won. In 1969, in recognition of Ed's support of the city's youth, the Lincoln Journal & Star newspaper named him their Youth Worker of the Year. When Ed got a chance to take his bride back to the East Coast, he accepted a position as Senior Counsel with the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., and moved to Crofton, MD. There his life of service and accomplishment expanded even further. Ever the youth football coach, Ed founded and coached the Crofton Cavaliers, now known as the Crofton Cardinals. From that perspective Ed could see the opportunities and challenges Crofton had to offer; he ran for and was elected to the first of four terms as President of the Crofton Civic Association. He was a driving force behind the acquisition and development of the Bel Branch Park complex of youth athletic fields - his idea of a "Field of Dreams." On the commercial side, he served as a consultant and advisor for the development of the Waugh Chapel mixed use neighborhood. He also advised on the Route 3 Citizens' Advisory Committee and the Fort Meade Citizens' Advisory Committee. Over the years, Ed was honored as Crofton Athletic Council Cardinal of the Year, Crofton Citizen of the Year, and received the Greater Crofton Lifetime Achievement Award and the Rotary International Service Award for Professional Excellence. In 2007, the University of Nebraska awarded him their Distinguished Alumni award. General Dosek's Army Reserve service took him to Fort Meade, Md. where he earned the rank of Brigadier General serving as Commander of the 97th Army Reserve Command comprised of over 12,000 troops spanning the entire East Coast. After retiring from the Federal Trade Commission, Ed became an adjunct faculty member at Anne Arundel Community College teaching numerous courses in business and law. All the while, General Dosek pursued his abiding love of the game of golf. He was always a single digit handicap player, and in Nebraska competed annually in most of the major amateur tournaments. He coached golf at Pius X High School in Lincoln for 4 years. After moving to Crofton he played at the Crofton Country Club, then at Old South and won multiple senior championships. His interest in golf was not, by any means, limited to playing the game. He was president of the Washing Metropolitan Golf Association in 1987. He became an official "rater" of golf courses across the United States and in foreign countries for Golf Digest and the United States Golf Association. For many years, he served as a USGA rules official and a member of the USGA Public Golf Committee, Sectional Affairs Committee, and Regional Affairs Committee. General Dosek was a devoted member of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish from its inception, and, to no one's surprise, was one of the first presidents of the Parish Council and an active volunteer as an usher, Eucharistic minister, and coordinator of the parish's lectors for many years. General Dosek was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Jerome and sisters Rita Marie Evans and Mary Alice Mickle. He is survived by Betty, his wife of sixty-nine years; his son Dr. J. Richard Dosek and his wife Debbie of Advance, NC; daughter Kathryn A. Moffat and her husband Duncan of Villa Park, CA; son E. Scott Dosek and his wife Judy of Paradise Valley, AZ; daughter Teresa R. Dimka and her husband Thomas of Crofton; his sisters Jo Ann Scoville of Sioux City, IA, and Philomene Bennett Marak of Kansas City, MO; nine grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at Beall Funeral Home in Bowie, Maryland on Monday, May 4 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., with a Rosary at 5:30 p.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, May 5 at 11:00 a.m.at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Crofton. In lieu of flowers the family has requested that donations be made in honor of General Dosek to the Wounded Warrior Project.