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 Dennis
R. Cooley, P.E., is district engineer for the
Lufkin District of the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The district comprises nine counties:
Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby
and Trinity. Cooley became district engineer in the Lufkin District effective
July 1999.
While earning his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M
University, Cooley joined TxDOT's Tyler District as a summer employee. A 1982
graduate, he returned to TxDOT's Mineola engineering office as a project manager
in 1983. Two years later, he transferred to the district's design section as a
design team leader.
From 1987 to 1992, Cooley was the Mineola area engineer responsible for TxDOT
activities in Van Zandt and Wood counties. In 1992, he became the area engineer
in Longview, responsible for maintenance, engineering and management operations
in Gregg and Rusk counties.
Named Tyler District's director of maintenance in 1993, Cooley provided
engineering support to area engineers and maintenance supervisors in an
eight-county area. He managed all district operations in the absence of the
district engineer. In April 1999, he was selected as district engineer of the
Atlanta District, responsible for all TxDOT operations in a nine-county area.
Cooley is a past member and president of the Mineola Rotary Club. He became a
professional engineer in 1987.
Born in Tyler, Cooley considers Liberty City his hometown. He and his wife,
Terisa, have two sons and one daughter.
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