Career
He was elected by the Freeholder Board to serve as Vice-Chairman for the year 2004. He currently serves as Director of Veterans" Affairs for Hudson County. The two-term freeholder spent 22 years at Western Electric (now, Lucent Technologies) and 14 years at American Telephone & Telegraph Company corporate headquarters (retired since 1989), where he administered an annual budget in excess of $1 billion and handled the financial portion of the anti-trust cases, American Telephone & Telegraph Company versus
DOJ, American Telephone & Telegraph Company versus
Microwave Communications Incorporated, and American Telephone & Telegraph Company versus International Telephone And Telegraph. He was previously employed by the City of Bayonne as Director of Public Works, Parks & Recreation. Freeholder Dugan was educated at Saint Peter"s College, New Jersey, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Accounting.
Prior to attending college he served in the United States Marine Corps, from 1955-1958. Dugan was an honor graduate of Parris Island, South Carolina and was honorably discharged with the rank of Corporal.