Background
Cohoon, Dennis M. was born on March 29, 1953 in Burlington Des Moines Co, Iowa, United States. Son of Meril and Marie Cohoon.
Cohoon, Dennis M. was born on March 29, 1953 in Burlington Des Moines Co, Iowa, United States. Son of Meril and Marie Cohoon.
Cohoon graduated from Burlington High School in 1971. After graduating high school, he attended Southeastern Community College where he earned an associate"s degree in business. He received his Bachelor in business administration and business education with minors in special education and psychology from.
He has also done graduate work in special education at the University of Iowa.
He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 1987. Cohoon has been collecting Presidential memorabilia such as buttons, stamps, cards, and busts since he was seven years old. He is also a fan of University of Iowa Hawkeye basketball and the New York Yankees.
From 1973-1979 Cohoon served in the Iowa Army National Guard.
In 1978, he taught in the Burlington School District. He spent 32 years teaching special education in the Burlington School District after retiring in 2010.
Cohoon currently serves on several committees in the Iowa House - the Appropriations committee. The committee; the Local Government committee.
And the Transportation committee.
He also serves as chair of the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals Appropriations Subcommittee. Cohoon was re-elected in 2006 with 7,201 votes, running unopposed. Cohoon is the son of Meril, a railroad worker and Marie Cohoon, a homemaker.
He had two sisters, Judy and Sally.
Past memberships Burlington Association Geode Association Iowa State Association Current memberships Des Moines County Democratic Central Committee First Christian Church.
Iowa Democratic Party, Democratic Party.
Member of National Education Association, Geode Education Association, Iowa State Education Association, Burlington Education Association.