Background
Tope, Dwight Harold was born on August 29, 1918 in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. Son of Richard E. and Elizabeth (Jones) Tope.
Tope, Dwight Harold was born on August 29, 1918 in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. Son of Richard E. and Elizabeth (Jones) Tope.
AS, Mesa College, 1940. Student, George Washington University.
With, Foreign Funds Control, a Division of the United States Treasury Department staff adjuster, Fire Companies Adjustment Bureau, Denver, Albuquerque, 1946-1948; branch manager, General Adjustment Bureau, Deming, New Mexico, 1948-1950; special agent, Cliff Kealey State Agency, Albuquerque, 1950-1956; president, Dwight Tope State Agency, Inc., Albuquerque, 1956-1984; with, Foreign Funds Control division unites states department Treasury, Albuquerque senior consultant, Dwight Tope State Agency, Inc., Albuquerque, 1985-1987.
Life member advisory board Salvation Army, Albuquerque, since 1974, Meals on Wheels, 1987-1997. Life member board directors, past chairman board, president Presbyterian Heart Institute, Albuquerque, 1977-1994. President The One Hundred Club New Mexico, Inc., 1998.
Major Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft, 1941-1945. Member New Mexico Insurance Association (past chairman), Insurance Information Institute (past chairman), New Mexico Surplus Lines Association (past president), Air Force Association, Association of the United States Army, American Legion, Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce (military relations committee), Rotary, Masons, Shriners, Albuquerque Country Club, Petroleum Club, One Hundred Club of New Mexico, Inc. (president).
Married Carolyn Stagg, April 29, 1949. Children: Stephen R., Chris L.