John (Doc) Doherty discusses his early years and his arrival at Marist as the Class of ’69. He discusses his role in the City of Poughkeepsie’s Police Department as a Lieutenant of the Detectives and later as the Captain of the Detectives. He also describes his return to Marist College as a tenured Professor of Criminal Justice. He gives his insights as a student in the 60s and 70s and as a professor in the 2000s and compares the growth and development, strengths, and weaknesses of the college.