https://wished-for.com/   Dale was born in Akron, Ohio on April 11, 1942 and raised  on the North side and graduated from North High School in 1960. He attended Malone College in Canton, Ohio and graduated in 1964 with a B.A. in Religion with minors in Greek and Philosophy.  He went from there to Seminary studying at Evangelical Theological Seminary in Naperville, Illinois. (Now Garret Theological Seminary).  He also studied at Wynona Lake School of Theology under Dr. Carl F. H. Henry, and Dr. Meryl Westphal (Phd. Yale). He graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky in 1968 with a M.Div.  He has done some D.Min studies at Methodist Theological School in Ohio, some MBA courses at Ahsland University, Ohio, and some graduate work in group process and analysis at Kent State University.  He was licensed as an E.U.B. pastor in 1963 and ordained as a United Methodist pastor in 1968.  He has served as a Lead Pastor, District Superintendent, and Visitation Pastor during the years since 1963. Dale loves woodworking, fishing with his children and grandchildren, playing in chess tournaments, producing water color paintings and playing all kinds of table games with family and friends.