Education
According to volume 54 of University of California, Berkeley"s Blue and Gold, Dalziel graduated with a Mechanics degree in 1927 and was from Santa Maria, California.
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Charles Dalziel
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He studied the effects of electricity on animals and humans. He wrote The Effects of Electric Shock on Manitoba, a book in which he explains the effects of different amounts of electricity on human subjects. He also invented the ground-fault circuit interrupter or GFCI in 1961.
The GFCI is commonly found in home bathrooms or kitchens.
The device operates normally until 5 milliamps passes from the appliance to ground. Charles Dalziel was a pioneer in understanding electric shock in humans.
Dalziel married Helen Bradford in 1931. They had a daughter, Isabelle.
After Helen died of cancer in 1963, Charles married Alice Sohl Lundberg in 1969.
Membership
He was a member of: Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, De Molay Club (VP), and Engineers Council.
