Background
Diebold, John was born on June 8, 1926 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Rose (Theurer) Diebold.
Diebold, John was born on June 8, 1926 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Rose (Theurer) Diebold.
Bachelor of Science (Regimental Academy award), United States Merchant Marine Academy, 1946. Bachelor with high honors in Economics, Swarthmore College, 1949. Master of Business Administration with distinction, Harvard University, 1951.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rollins College, 1965. Doctor of Science (honorary), Clarkson College, 1965. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Newark College Engineering, 1970.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Canaan College, 1972. Distributed control system (honorary), Manhattan College, 1973.
With, Griffenhagen & Associates (management consultant), New York City, also Chicago, 1951-1954;
owner, Griffenhagen & Associations (management consultant), 1957-1960;
owner, Griffenhagen & Associations (merged with Louis J. Kroeger & Associates to become Griffenhagen-Kroeger, Inc.), 1960;
Chairman of the Board, Griffenhagen-Kroeger, Inc., since 1960;
founder, Diebold Group, Inc. (management consultant), New York City, 1954;
president, Chairman of the Board, The Juris Doctor Cons. Group, Inc. (formerly Diebold Group, Inc.), since 1954;
founder, Diebold Europe S.A., 1958;
Chairman of the Board, Diebold Europe S.A., since 1958;
founder, Chairman of the Board, Management Science Training Institute, since 1958;
founder, John Diebold Inc.
(management and investment), 1967;
chairman, John Diebold Inc. (management and investment), since 1967;
chairman, Data Control Language Inc. (holding company of Diebold Computer Leasing, Inc.), 1967-1977;
chairman, Gemini Computer Systems, Inc., 1968-1975.
Board director, member nominating committee Genesco, Prentice Hall, Inc.
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Member Secretary Labor Advisory Committee Manpower and Automation, 1962-1966, President Kennedy's Committee, Department Labor's 50th Anniversary, 1963. Member United States delegation United Nations Science Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 1963. Member advisory council Society for Technological Advancement of Modern Man, Switzerland, 1963-1976.
Mentor committee human values Society Advancing Technology, National Council Churches, 1965-1968. Presidential appointee national advisory council Peace Corps, 1965-1970. Member Committee on 2d Regional Plan for New York City, 1966-1970.
Trustee, treasurer, member executive committee National Committee on United States-China Relations, 1969-1992. Trustee, secretary Business Council for International Understanding, 1970-1983. Member International Institute Strategic Studies, London, 1971-1988.
Board consultants, member advisory committee United Nations We Believe, 1972-1986. Member Advisory Council on Japan-United States Economic Relations, 1972-1974. Member steering committee Atlantic Conference, 1972-1982.
Member Council on Foreign Relations, 1967. Member advisory group developing foreign affairs program, planning and budgeting system secretary state, 1966-1967. Chairman visiting committee School Business Administrn., Clarkson College of Technology, 1961-1966.
Vice chairman visiting committee economics Harvard University, 1963-1969, 70-76, member visiting committee engineering and applied physics, 1974-1980. Vice chairman Academy for Educational Development, 1972. Advisory council Institute for Crippled and Disabled New York City, 1957-1970.
Member United States advisory committee European Institute Business Administration, 1965-1976. Member business advisory committee Graduate School Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1969. Chairman United States East Asian History of Science Foundation, 1980-1994.
Trustee Freedom House, 1969-1985, member advisory board 1985, Committee for Economic Development, 1970. Vice chairman American Council on Germany, 1970-1980, trustee, 1980-1983. Trustee Overseas Development Council, 1974-1982, member advisory board, 1982.
Founder, president Diebold Institute Public Policy Studies, 1967-2005. Trustee Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1975. Trustee, vice chairman legislation committee New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, 1974-1980.
Member committee for African industrialization Club de Dakar, Paris, 1973-1988. Public member Hudson Institute, since 1967. Member executive committee National Planning Association, 1987-1990.
Member visiting committee Center for Research in Computing Technology and Office for Information Technology, Harvard University, 1971-1974. Member organizing committee on Harvard and East Asia, 1974. Founding member The Rockefeller University Council, 1973.
Member advisory council Graduate School Business Administration, Columbia University, 1968-1975. Member visiting committee Graduate School Management, Vanderbilt University, 1969-1974. Board directors Young Audiences, 1980-1982, Parent Participation television Workshop Project, 1982.
Trustee, member executive committee Council of Americas, 1971-1974. Trustee National Planning Association, 1973. Founding member, member executive committee council Rockefeller University, 1973-1989.
Member advisory committee ethical and human values of science and technical National Science Foundation, 1973-1982, industrial panel on science and technical, 1974-1984. Trustee Overseas Development Council, 1974, Foundation for Teaching Economics, 1980. Member National Academy of Sciences Evaluation Panel for Oversight over Institute Computer Sciences and Technology, National Bureau Standards, 1975-1979, 80-84, New York Governor's Planning Commission for Conference on Libraries, 1976-1979, New York Sheriff's Jury, 1976-1980.
Chairman East Asian History of Science, Inc., 1980. Member executive committee Public Agenda Foundation, 1981-1995. Member Friends of History of Science Harvard University, 1982-1994.
Trustee advisory board Foundation Student and Communication, Inc., 1983. Board directors United States organizing committee Air and Space Bicentennial, 1983-1984, member American Library Association Commission on Freedom and Equality of Access to Information, 1983-1986. Member advisory committee New York in Art, 1983, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Federal Republic Germany, 1984.
Trustee The Charles Babbage Foundation, 1984. Member corporation committee National Education Association, 1985. Member Center for Inter-American Relations.
President International Committee on Science Management World Management Council, 1986-1989, chairman, 1986-1992. Member advisory board National Executive Service Corps, 1986. Appointed trustee Lehigh University, 1987-1994, chair computer science and electrical engineering visiting committee, 1988, member academy affair committee and research committee.
Charter member graduate school of business committee Fordham University, 1987-1994. Member advisory board Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Non-profit Management, 1990. Served with United States Naval Reserve, World World War World War II.
Fellow International Academy Management. Member International Cybernetics Association (director since 1957), American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman section committee on industrial science since 1981), American Printing History Association, United States.C. of C. (council on trends and perspectives 1969-1981), International Chamber of C. (trustee United States council 1971-1974), New York Science Policy Association, Newcomen Society, Mid-Atlantic Club New York, Author's Guild (committee on the 70's 1970-1973). Clubs: Harvard Business School, Economic, Union League, Harvard (New York City).
Metropolitan (Washington). Chicago; Bohemian (San Francisco). Reform, Burkes (London).
Son of William and Rose (Theurer) D. M. Doris Hackett, November 22, 1951 (divorced 1975). 1 daughter, Joan; m. Vanessa Vonderporten, June 12, 1982.
Children: Emma, John.