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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Dennis Neal Stine
|image =
|image_size =
|caption=
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br>District 33 (Calcasieu Parish)
|term_start=1987
|term_end=1988
|preceded= J. Burton Andrepont
|succeeded=[[Tim Stine]]
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] / later [[Republican Party|Republican]]
|birth_name=
|birth_date=April 20, 1952
|birth_place=[[Lake Charles]], Calcasieu Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
|residence=Lake Charles, Louisiana
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]<br>
McNeese State University
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|spouse= Marla Kay Mitchell Stine (married 1975)
|children=Jason, Laurie, Jana, and Benjamin Stine
|parents=Jackson W. and Doris Rita Drost Stine
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Dennis Neal Stine''' (born April 20, 1952) is a [[business]]man from his native [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]],<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Stine, Dennis Neal," ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004,'' 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 796.</ref> who served from 1987 to 1988 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state representative for District 33 in Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of his state. He won a [[special election]] in 1987 to succeed J. Burton Andrepont, who resigned with a year remaining in his second term. Elected to a term of his own that same year, Stine suddenly resigned the seat<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Calcasieu Parish|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 5, 2021}}</ref> to become commissioner of administration for newly elected [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]].
==Biography==
Stine is the fifth of seven children of a couple from Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish, Jackson W. Stine, who established Stine Lumber Company, and the former Doris Rita "DeeDee" Drost (1921-2010); she is interred at Dutch Cove Cemetery in Calcasieu Parish. His siblings are Janie Stine LaCroix, a [[sculptor]], and her husband, Shelby Hathaway LaCroix, II; Dick Stine and wife, Mary, of Lake Charles; Gary Stine and wife, Vickie, of Sulphur; Jay Stine and wife, Wanda, of [[DeRidder, Louisiana|DeRidder]] in [[Beauregard Parish, Louisiana|Beauregard Parish]]; David Stine and wife, Kim, of Lake Charles, and[[Tim Stine|Timothy Drost Stine]] and his wife, Jane, also of Sulphur.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stine&GSfn=Doris&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=69175561&df=all&|title=Doris Rita "DeeDee" Stine|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref>
In 1970, Stine attended the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He switched thereafter to[McNeese State University in Lake Charles, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1974. He is a member of the Delta Xi chapter of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.<ref name=whoswho/> His mother was a member of the first class of then McNeese Junior College and was a cheerleade], secretary of the first graduating class, and the first class favorite.<ref name=findagrave/> Since 1977, Stine has been an officer in the family-owned Stine, Inc., along with his five brothers.<ref name=whoswho/>
When Stine left the state House, his younger brother, Tim Stine, a Democrat, won the special election to fill the remainder of the term.<ref name=house/>
Stine is a [[Roman Catholic]] and is active in the [[United Way]] and the American [[Red Cross]], which named him the winner of its [[Clara Barton]] Award in 1983. He and his wife, the former Marla Kay Mitchell, married in 1975. They have four children, Jason, Laurie, Jana, and Benjamin Stine.<ref name=whoswho/>
==See also==
*Stine recalls his childhood vacations at Joe Dugas Landing in Hackberry, Louisiana: http://www.stinestory.com/post/6071178768/dennis-stine-growing-up-we-were-blessed-to-have
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stine, Dennis}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former Democrats]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
|name=Dennis Neal Stine
|image =
|image_size =
|caption=
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br>District 33 (Calcasieu Parish)
|term_start=1987
|term_end=1988
|preceded= J. Burton Andrepont
|succeeded=[[Tim Stine]]
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] / later [[Republican Party|Republican]]
|birth_name=
|birth_date=April 20, 1952
|birth_place=[[Lake Charles]], Calcasieu Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
|residence=Lake Charles, Louisiana
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]<br>
McNeese State University
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|spouse= Marla Kay Mitchell Stine (married 1975)
|children=Jason, Laurie, Jana, and Benjamin Stine
|parents=Jackson W. and Doris Rita Drost Stine
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Dennis Neal Stine''' (born April 20, 1952) is a [[business]]man from his native [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]],<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Stine, Dennis Neal," ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004,'' 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 796.</ref> who served from 1987 to 1988 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state representative for District 33 in Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of his state. He won a [[special election]] in 1987 to succeed J. Burton Andrepont, who resigned with a year remaining in his second term. Elected to a term of his own that same year, Stine suddenly resigned the seat<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Calcasieu Parish|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 5, 2021}}</ref> to become commissioner of administration for newly elected [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]].
==Biography==
Stine is the fifth of seven children of a couple from Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish, Jackson W. Stine, who established Stine Lumber Company, and the former Doris Rita "DeeDee" Drost (1921-2010); she is interred at Dutch Cove Cemetery in Calcasieu Parish. His siblings are Janie Stine LaCroix, a [[sculptor]], and her husband, Shelby Hathaway LaCroix, II; Dick Stine and wife, Mary, of Lake Charles; Gary Stine and wife, Vickie, of Sulphur; Jay Stine and wife, Wanda, of [[DeRidder, Louisiana|DeRidder]] in [[Beauregard Parish, Louisiana|Beauregard Parish]]; David Stine and wife, Kim, of Lake Charles, and[[Tim Stine|Timothy Drost Stine]] and his wife, Jane, also of Sulphur.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stine&GSfn=Doris&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=69175561&df=all&|title=Doris Rita "DeeDee" Stine|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref>
In 1970, Stine attended the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He switched thereafter to[McNeese State University in Lake Charles, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1974. He is a member of the Delta Xi chapter of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.<ref name=whoswho/> His mother was a member of the first class of then McNeese Junior College and was a cheerleade], secretary of the first graduating class, and the first class favorite.<ref name=findagrave/> Since 1977, Stine has been an officer in the family-owned Stine, Inc., along with his five brothers.<ref name=whoswho/>
When Stine left the state House, his younger brother, Tim Stine, a Democrat, won the special election to fill the remainder of the term.<ref name=house/>
Stine is a [[Roman Catholic]] and is active in the [[United Way]] and the American [[Red Cross]], which named him the winner of its [[Clara Barton]] Award in 1983. He and his wife, the former Marla Kay Mitchell, married in 1975. They have four children, Jason, Laurie, Jana, and Benjamin Stine.<ref name=whoswho/>
==See also==
*Stine recalls his childhood vacations at Joe Dugas Landing in Hackberry, Louisiana: http://www.stinestory.com/post/6071178768/dennis-stine-growing-up-we-were-blessed-to-have
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stine, Dennis}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former Democrats]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]