Background
Tiedeman, David Valentine was born on August 12, 1919 in Americus, Georgia, United States. Son of Walter Dohlen and Edna M(arie) (Komfort) Tiedeman.
Tiedeman, David Valentine was born on August 12, 1919 in Americus, Georgia, United States. Son of Walter Dohlen and Edna M(arie) (Komfort) Tiedeman.
AB, Union College, Schenectady, 1941. AM, University Rochester, 1943. Master of Education, Harvard, 1948.
Doctor of Education, Harvard, 1949.
Staff member, National Research Council committee selection and training aircraft pilots U. Rochester, 1941-1943; staff member test construction department, College Entrance Examination Board, 1943-1944; associate head statistics division, Manhattan Project, 1944-1946; Milton teaching fellow, instructor education, Harvard Graduate School Education, 1946-1948; Sheldon travelling fellow, Harvard Graduate School Education, 1948-1949; instructor education, Harvard Graduate School Education, 1949-1951; assistant professor education, Harvard Graduate School Education, 1951-1952; from lecturer education to professor, Harvard Graduate School Education, 1952-1971; associate director, research associate Center for Research in Careers, Harvard Graduate School Education, 1963-1966; also chairman of the executive committee, information system for vocational decisions, Harvard Graduate School Education, 1966-1969; principal research scientist, Palo Alto office American Institutions for Research, 1971-1973; professor education, Northern Illinois U., DeKalb, 1973-1980; director, Educational Research Information Clearinghouse Clearinghouse in Career Education, 1973-1976; coordinator, Office Vocational, Technology, and Career Education, 1978-1980; professor career and higher education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1981-1984; professor emeritus, University of Southern California, since 1984; executive director, National Institute Advancement of Career Education, 1981-1984; president, International College, 1985-1986; vice president, Lifecareer Foundation, since 1985; provost, William Lyon U., 1988-1991; faculty, Walden U., since 1992. Member Advisory Council on Guidance Department Education Commonwealth Massachusetts, 1957-1963;chairman commission on tests College Entrance Examination Board, 1967-1970. Member of advisory screening committee in education Council International Exchange of Scholars, 1975-1979, chairman, 1978-1979.
Board directors Massachusetts Committee Children and Youth, 1961-1963. Fellow American Psychological Society, American Psychological Association (press division counseling psychology 1965-1966). Member American Counseling Association, National Career Development Association (president 1965-1966, Eminent Career award 1979), National Council Measurement in Education (president 1962-1963), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Marjorie I(da) Denman, September 26, 1942 (divorced January 2, 1973). Children— David Michael, Jeffrey Denman. Married Anna Louise Miller, January 6, 1973.