Background
Dial, Oliver Eugene was born on November 10, 1922 in Woodriver, Illinois, United States. Son of Oliver Lee and Julia Lavina (Botkin) Dial.
Dial, Oliver Eugene was born on November 10, 1922 in Woodriver, Illinois, United States. Son of Oliver Lee and Julia Lavina (Botkin) Dial.
Bachelor of Laws, Blackstone College Law, 1954; Bachelor of Arts, San Diego State College, 1959; Master of Science in Public Adminstrn, San Diego State College, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (School fellow), Claremont Graduate School, 1965.
Time motion study engineer Owens Illinois Glass Company, Alton, 1940-1942. Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Marine Corps., 1942, advanced through grades to major, 1953. Retired, 1963; lecturer government San Diego State College, 1963-1964.
Assistant professor government California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, 1964-1965. Chairman department government Idaho State University, 1965-1968. Visiting professor political science, member staff Urban Systems Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968-1969.
Member faculty Joint Center Urban Studies, Harvard University, 1968-1969. Chairman department political science, supervisor graduate program public administration Baruch College City University of New York, 1969-1970. Professor urban affairs University Colorado Graduate School Public Affairs, 1973-1981.
Professor electrical and computer engineering University Colorado, 1981-1985, retired, 1985. Consultant federal intergovernmental agencies committee urban regional information systems, Washington, 1968-1980.
Member American Bar Foundation (advisory committee land records improvement 1973-1985), Urban Regional Information Systems Association (president 1979-1980), American Political Science Association, American Association of University Professors, American Society Public Administration, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Bette Jeanne Wynkoop, December 28, 1944. 1 child, Oliver Eugene.
