Background
Dille, Roland Paul was born on September 16, 1924 in Dassel, Minnesota, United States. Son of Oliver Valentine and Eleanor (Johnson) Dille.
Dille, Roland Paul was born on September 16, 1924 in Dassel, Minnesota, United States. Son of Oliver Valentine and Eleanor (Johnson) Dille.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1962; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Minnesota, 1995.
He was president of Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) from 1968 to 1994. He took a bachelor’s degree in English Literature at the University of Minnesota. After military service, he earned a doctorate from Minnesota in 1962, with a thesis "David Garnett and the Bloomsbury group." From 1956 to 1961 he taught at Saint Olaf College in Northfield, then at California Lutheran College, and finally came to Moorhead in 1963.
He was dean of academic affairs there from 1966, and president from 1968.
He retired in 1994. member, National Council for the Humanities.
Treasurer American Association State Colleges and Universities, 1977-1978, board directors, 1978-1980, chairman, 1980-1981. Member National Council for Humanities, 1980-1986. Vice-chair Commission on Higher Education, North Center Association, 1989-1991, chair, 1991-1993.
With infantry Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member Phi Beta Kappa., Fargo-Moorhead Chamber of Commerce, (Annual Leadership award, 2009).
Married Beth Hopeman, September 4, 1948. Children— Deborah, Martha, Sarah, Benjamin.