Dennis Duval

Dennis DuVal

Inducted in 1994

1952 : Born in Westbury, Long Island.
1970 : Graduated from Westbury High School.
1969-1970: Voted New York State Sports Writers Assiciation - first team All-State in basketball.
1970 - 1971: Syracuse University Freshman basketball team; 347 points, average 19.2 ppg.
1971 - 1974: Syracuse University basketball team; scored 1,504 points.
1974: Graduated from Syracuse University-Sociology Major.
Named to 1973 - 1974 District Two All Stars team by National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Named UPI Division One Honorable Mention All-America, ECAC Division all-star.
All-East Basketball Team, 1st team by Sporting News All-American, 2nd team Basketball News All-American, 3rd team Basketball Weekly All-American, 3rd team by Associated Press All-American, Street & Smith All-American, Universal Sports All-American, Citizen Savings All-American.
1974: Won Lou Andreas Syracuse University's MVP Basketball Award.
Drafted by Washington Bullets of the NBA and by the Denver Rockets of ABA; signed a three-year contract with the Washington Bullets.
1974: Washington Bullets, NBA
1975 - 1976 : Atlanta Hawks, NBA
1976: Syracuse Centennials
1976 - 1977 :Deputy jailer, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department.
1978: Appointed police officer, Syracuse Police Department.
1985 - Received "Vic Hanson Medal" by S.U. Hardwood Club.
May 25, 1990 : Named Syracuse Deputy Police Chief
2000: Honored by Syracuse University as a member of the All-Century Basketball Team
2001 : Named Syracuse Police Chief
August 4, 2004: Retired from the Syracuse Police Department as Chief of Police. Syracuse officials and community leaders praised Dennis DuVal - Syracuse's first black police chief who unexpectedly announced his retirement - as a man who had the courage to take on the city's gangs.
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick called DuVal "the best chief the city of Syracuse ever had."

A 26-year veteran of the Syracuse Police Department, DuVal served three years as chief, battling inner-city gangs and working to ease tensions between Syracuse's poor and largely black neighborhoods and its mostly white police force.

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	Dennis DuVal Inducted in 1994 1952 : Born in Westbury, Long Island. 1970 : Graduated from Westbury High School. 1969-1970: Voted New York State Sports Writers Assiciation - first team All-State in basketball. 1970 - 1971: Syracuse University Freshman basketball team; 347 points, average 19.2 ppg. 1971 - 1974: Syracuse University basketball team; scored 1,504 points. 1974: Graduated from Syracuse University-Sociology Major. Named to 1973 - 1974 District Two All Stars team by National Association of Basketball Coaches. Named UPI Division One Honorable Mention All-America, ECAC Division all-star. All-East Basketball Team, 1st team by Sporting News All-American, 2nd team Basketball News All-American, 3rd team Basketball Weekly All-American, 3rd team by Associated Press All-American, Street & Smith All-American, Universal Sports All-American, Citizen Savings All-American. 1974: Won Lou Andreas Syracuse University's MVP Basketball Award. Drafted by Washington Bullets of the NBA and by the Denver Rockets of ABA; signed a three-year contract with the Washington Bullets. 1974: Washington Bullets, NBA 1975 - 1976 : Atlanta Hawks, NBA 1976: Syracuse Centennials 1976 - 1977 :Deputy jailer, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department. 1978: Appointed police officer, Syracuse Police Department. 1985 - Received "Vic Hanson Medal" by S.U. Hardwood Club. May 25, 1990 : Named Syracuse Deputy Police Chief 2000: Honored by Syracuse University as a member of the All-Century Basketball Team 2001 : Named Syracuse Police Chief August 4, 2004: Retired from the Syracuse Police Department as Chief of Police. Syracuse officials and community leaders praised Dennis DuVal - Syracuse's first black police chief who unexpectedly announced his retirement - as a man who had the courage to take on the city's gangs. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick called DuVal "the best chief the city of Syracuse ever had." A 26-year veteran of the Syracuse Police Department, DuVal served three years as chief, battling inner-city gangs and working to ease tensions between Syracuse's poor and largely black neighborhoods and its mostly white police force.
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