Paul Dionne
Paul Roger Dionne was born in Lewiston, Maine to Armand and Angeline (Bois) Dionne and has a sister Rachel. He graduated from Lewiston High School and Kents Hill Preparatory School where he played hockey and baseball.
Dionne graduated from Providence College where he received his bachelor’s degree in history then was commissioned a Lieutenant in the United States Army (1966-1968). He saw action in Vietnam as an advisor to a Vietnamese Armored Cavalry unit and was decorated with two Bronze Stars, two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge.
After his discharge he returned to Maine and attended the University of Maine Law School where he received a Juris Doctorate degree. He practiced law in Maine, was elected as Mayor of Lewiston (1980-1984). He served as the Workers Compensation Commissioner under two Governors, the Honorable Angus King and the Honorable John Baldacci. While holding this position, he was elected President of the International Association of Industrial Accidents Boards and Commissions.
He has written two novels, The Priestess and The Pope and Madeleine’s Inquisition both with the basic theme that the religious subordination of one sex to the other is wrong.
He is married to Diane Leblanc Dionne and has two children, Melodie and Michelle and five grandchildren Merissa, Michael, Olivia, Charlotte and Brennan. He currently resides in Auburn, Maine.