- Served 44 years in Law Enforcement
- Appointed Acting Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department in 1979
- Appointed United States Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois on June 6th 1994 by President William Clinton
- Hall of Fame, University, Navy Pier, Chicago, for distinguished leadership in his profession, July 1991
- Hall of Fame, University of Illinois Athletics, baseball, November 1991
- Published a book “Joe D” on the street with a Chicago Homicide cop in 1980, co-authored with Richard Whittingham
- Played in the city high school championship baseball game in Wrigley Field in 1948