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Stanley E. Dimond
The Michigan Alumnus 228
The Michigan Alumnus 228
PROFESSOR STANLEY E. DIMOND, '27, A.M.'29, Ph.D.'43, first taught at the University of Michigan during the summer of 1937, but then went back to Detroit, and he has been a t his present duties as Professor of Education since 1950.
He was born at Aurora, Illinois, September 9, 1905, and received his early education there. While an undergraduate at Michigan he became a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Nu, and served on the Oratorical Association Board. He has also studied at the University of Chicago and at Northwestern Uni versity.
Professor Dimond began his teaching career at Monmouth High School (Monmouth, Illinois), in 1927. From there he went to Redjord High School in Detroit, where he became Head of the Social Studies Depart ment. In 1937, he was named Super visor of Social Studies in Detroit, serving in that capacity until 1944, when he was named Director of the Citizenship Education Study for Wayne University and the Detroit public schools.
In addition to that duty, a few years later he became Divisional Director of Social Studies and Citizen ship Education Study, a position he held until joining the University of Michigan faculty. Additional teaching experience included a position at Har vard University during the summer of 1941.
Professor Dimond's publications have been primarily on the subject of citizenship education. He has been named to the 1953 Yearbook Commis sion of the American Association of School Administrators, and holds mem bership in the following organizations: National Education Association, Na tional Council for the Social Studies, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, American Edu cational Research Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Foreign Policy Association, and others.
He is married to the former Ruth Bullis, an alumna of Northern Illinois State Teachers' College, and they have two young sons—Robert, twelve, and Paul, seven years old. When time permits, Professor Dimond enjoys participating in golf, bowling or bridge. Since joining the faculty he has been instrumental, in starting a faculty bowling league which has proven popular.