Background
Beal, Dallas Knight was born on July 29, 1926 in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. Son of Ananias Porter and Clara (Blair) Beal.
Beal, Dallas Knight was born on July 29, 1926 in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. Son of Ananias Porter and Clara (Blair) Beal.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1950; Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1951; Doctor of Education, Columbia University, 1958.
Instructor education, State University of New York at New Paltz, 1951-1952;
Instructor education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1952-1954;
director placement, lecturer education, Queens College, CUNY, 1954-1958;
member administration, State University College New York at Fredonia, 1958-1984;
vice president academic affairs, State University College New York at Fredonia, 1969-1970;
acting president, State University College New York at Fredonia, 1970-1972;
president, State University College New York at Fredonia, 1972-1984;
president, Connecticut State University, New Britain, since 1985;
acting executive vice chancellor, State University of New York, 1984-1985. Director Liberty Bank, Dunkirk, New York. Adviser, editor New York State SyllabusReading and Language Arts, 1962-1963.
Member New York Regents Task Force Evaluation New York City Public Schools, 1961-1963. Charter member of advisory committee higher education New York State Teachers Association, 1966-1967. Commission on performance-based evaluationfor certification New York State Department Education, 1968.
Chairman of Commission on educational technical American Association State Colleges Universities. Member nursing education council, member telecommunications committee State University of New York. Chairman Western New York Consortium Publicand Private Colls.
Vice chairman Community Development Committee. Board directors Western New York Educational television Station, Boorady Reading Center, Dunkirk, Brooks Memorial Hospital, Dunkirk. President United Fund, Northern Chautauqua County, 1968-1970.
Member advisory board Model Counties Association, Chautauqua County, 1971-1972. Adviser Board Education, Dunkirk, since 1968, Fredonia, since 1966. President Farmington (Connecticut) Valley Music Foundation, since 1987.
Member planning committee ABC Task Force for State of Connecticut, since 1990. Member National Education Association, Southwestern New York Association Instructional Improvement (founding president), Dunkirk C. of Chamber (board directors), Fredonia C. of Chamber (board directors), Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce, Lyric Arts Association (co-founder), Lake Shore Association for Arts (co-founder), Torch Club, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Phi Omega.
Married Elizabeth Walton, June 9, 1951. Children: Jeffrey T., Joan B.