Background
Dalton was born in Pocatello, Idaho to Dell Moroni Dalton and his wife the former Rachel Wray.
Dalton was born in Pocatello, Idaho to Dell Moroni Dalton and his wife the former Rachel Wray.
Harvard Business School. Harvard University; Brigham Young University. University of Utah.
He was an alumnus of Pocatello High School. He earned a bachelor"s degree in accounting from the University of Utah. He was than an accounting instructor at Idaho State University before joining the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1955 and studying at Brigham Young University.
He then went on to receive a Doctorate of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
From 1983-1987 Dalton was the chair of Brigham Young University"s Department of Organization Behavior. The Marriott School of Management has a scholarship named after Dalton.
Dalton was married to the former Bonnie LaRae Berrett. They were the parents of eight daughters.