Studied painting under Billy Morrow Jackson at University of Illinoisand Life Drawing at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Illinois.
Professor of Commercial Art at Vincennes University in Vincennes, Indiana
Dooley was an illistrator for Prairie Press Publishing Co. in Charleston, Illinois.
Published book of drawings titled, "Isolated in the Absurd".
Published work in a variety of magazines including: Step by Step Graphics, American Artist, and The Artist's Magazine.
His step by step lessons on drawing metal and glass were published by Walter Foster in "Color Pencil Basics, a book by Sandra Angelo, Sepcial Effect with Colored Pencils, a video produced by Discover Art and Creative Living, a nationally syndicated television show.