He completed his 10-year career
in administration of the Fountain Hills Unified School District in 1998,
including nine years as superintendent.
He has also served on the boards of the
Fountain Hills Senior Center and the Fountain Hills Historical Society.
He also serves on the Town's Senior Services Advisory Commission. He
was originally hired by the School District as Director of Financial
Services.
He was named interim superintendent in
1989 and was named to continue in that position the next year. He has
been a long-time member of Noon Kiwanis and served as its president
in 2001-02.
He worked to promote several bond issues
for the district. He oversaw the construction of McDowell Mountain School
and worked on the bond election that resulted in the construction of
the Fountain Hills Junior/Senior High School.
He volunteers one day a week to deliver lunches under the Home Delivered
Meals program. After his retirement, he became active with the River
of Time Museum, where he works part-time as an administrative assistant
and bookkeeper. In 2006, the Fountain Hills School District honored
Dunne by renaming the district administrative office building in his
honor.