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A LUMNI S U C C E S S
A FOUNDATION FOR DREAMS:
Most people would say Eddie Mulock J.D. ’68 has a big heart,
but what many people may not know is that his heart
actually isn’t even his.
In 1995, Mulock entered the hospital to prepare for his first of
three transplants.
“I actually consider myself one-third female,” he jokes. “My
heart, liver, and kidney came from two different women. I think
I may be the only lawyer who can certify that I have a heart!”
After weeks of recovering and waiting to be released, the first
thing Mulock wanted to do when he got home was call up his
friends and start building a camp for sick children.
“I would watch these children in the hospital connected to wires
and seeing the same four walls all day, and I wondered where do
these children go for fun? And when I couldn’t find an answer, I
knew from that moment, I wanted to make one.”
In 1995, Mulock returned home to get to work building a camp
for children and in 2001, his dream became a reality. Dream
Oaks Camp opened its doors to every family and child, no
matter the disability or medical condition. For the past 17 years,
Dream Oaks Camp has built a reputation as the place where kids
just get to be kids.
Whether it’s canoeing, horseback riding, or campfire singalongs,
Dream Oaks Camp creates a home away from home for eight
straight weeks during the summer. Since its opening day, Mulock
has seen more than 5,000 children visit his camp.
“I made a promise that when I first built the camp, no child would
ever be turned away because of money or disability.” That’s where
Mulock’s lifelong talent for advocacy skills comes into play.
A fierce advocate in and out of the courtroom, Mulock has spent
his entire career bettering his community. A former defense
attorney and prosecutor, he now employs his lawyering skills to
convince people to make donations to his Foundation for Dreams
organization, the foundation that funds the Dream Oaks Camp.
He continues to practice law, mainly civil litigation and criminal
defense.
“It’s work I love to do and will always love,” he says.
Often, he won’t even ask for payment from clients. Instead, he
suggests donations to his foundation.
When Mulock isn’t in the courtroom, you can find him spending
his Friday afternoons at the camp’s weekly talent show, watching
children sing and dance or tell funny jokes. At the end of
the show, Mulock will get on stage and say a few words to the
children and parents.
“Never be afraid to dream,” he often tells them. “I hope you
know anything you want to do is possible. I never dreamed I
would have made a camp like this, but you all have made my
dream come true.”
B Y K ATHRYN B O N T I
I made a promise that when I first built the
camp, no child would ever be turned away
because of money or disability.
— Eddie Mulock J.D. ’68
EDDIE MULOCK
J.D. ’68 BUILT
DREAM OAKS
CAMP FOR
CHILDREN
Eddie Mulock shares a moment with a happy camper.