Background
Dalenberg was born on July 2, 1927 in South Holland, Illinois.
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Claude Dalenberg
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Growing up in a Dutch-Reformist environment, he attended Sunday school, catechism classes, Sunday morning and evening services.
Career
After serving in the Navy, Dalenberg enrolled in Northwestern University in the School of Engineering. Dalenberg eventually graduated Northwestern with a degree in Philosophy. He studied with Nyogen Senzaki in Los Angeles as well as with Hodo Tobase at Sokoji in San Francisco.
In the mid-1960s, Dalenberg met Shunryū Suzuki and began studying with him, eventually becoming a Senior Priest at the San Francisco Zen Center.
Dalenberg appeared under the pseudonym "Bud Diefendorf" in Jack Kerouac"s novel The Dharma Bums.
Membership
Dalenberg was a member of a zazenkai group with Snyder, Philip Whalen, Albert Saijo, and Lew Welch.
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Religion
Bhudism