Contact Information:

5602 Reynolds Avenue
Muscatine, Iowa 52761

Term in Office:

• Term expires December 31, 2013

Education:

• Graduated Muscatine High School in 1966
• Attended MCC in 1967
• United States Army, 5th Special Forces (Abn) 1st Special Forces – Graduated in 1969
• Returned to MCC in 1969/1970 Majoring in Journalism

Current Employment:

• Retired
• Part-time bus driver for Muscatine School District since 2010

Family:

• Spouse: Jill Ann Hopkins
• Son: Jamie Douglas Hopkins and wife Mary
• Grandchildren: Fletcher, Cooper and Addison
• Dog: Black lab named Samantha

Hobbies:

• Motorcycles (currently own a Harley and a Honda)
• Drums (I have been playing for 50 years and currently play worship for two churches weekly)
• Hunting
• Fishing (30-year bass tournament angler)
• Registered guide on the Mississippi River

Muscatine Residency:

• I have lived in Muscatine for over 60 years and my family before me

Other Community Services/Organizations Involvement:

• Member of Salvation Army Advisory Board
• Member of MCC/MJC Alumni Association
• Past Member of Rotary International, Greater Muscatine Chamber of Commerce & Industry Board, Greater Muscatine Chamber of Commerce & Industry Executive Board, Iowa Broadcasters Association, National Rifle Association, Bass Anglers Sportsmen’s Society, Muscatine & Burning Island Bass clubs, American Motorcycle Association, Calvary Church, Two Weeks of Love (includes Freezing for Food and Toy Time)

Favorite Things about Muscatine:

• Sunsets and sunrises
• Parks
• The giving people
• Mississippi River
• Churches
• Our Midwest location
• Four seasons
• Diversity
• Employment
• Community Spirit
• Trolley (I wish he’d bring that back out!)
• Riverfront
• Industry
• Agricultural and community education