ROBERT DALTON

Robert E. Dalton, age 90, died on Sunday, August 12, 2018.  He was born on January 9, 1928 in Milwaukee, the son of the late Eugene and Blanche Dalton.  Bob attended public schools in Milwaukee through the sixth grade.  In 1939 the family moved to Montello, Wisconsin where he graduated from High School in 1945.  Later that summer he enlisted in the U.S. Navy.  He served as the final controller in the Ground Controlled Approach unit (GCA) at Marine Air Base Two in Tsingtao, China during 1946-47, the time of the Chinese Civil War.  He also served in GCA units at Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Hawaii, and the Naval Air Station at World Chamberlain Field in Minneapolis, MN. 

After discharge in January 1949 he began his college studies at Oshkosh State Teachers College but was recalled to active duty in August 1950 as the Korean War began.  He served for two years aboard the Destroyer USS Power DD 839 with the Atlantic and Mediterranean fleets.  On December 22, 1950 Bob married Jo Ann Blair.  The couple met on a blind date while both were students at OSTC.  After release from active duty he returned to school, was elected president of the senior class, and graduated with Honors from UW-O in 1954.  Upon graduation he was admitted to Kappa Delta Pi, a national honor society.  He received his MS Degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1956.

Bob taught Mathematics at South Milwaukee High School for one year and returned to Oshkosh to teach at Webster Stanley Junior High for seven years, Oshkosh High School for ten years and Oshkosh North High School for seventeen years.  He was Chairman of the Math Department at OHS for ten years and Chairman of the Math Department at ONHS for ten years.  Bob served on the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Education Association (WEA) for three years.  In 1968 he was elected President of the Oshkosh Education Association (OEA).  The same year he was elected President of the Wisconsin Mathematics Council (WMC), the statewide organization of Mathematics teachers.  In 1971 Bob was selected Mathematics Teacher of the Year by the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers.  He was appointed to the Educational Communications Board, (ECB), by Governor Patrick Lucey that same year and served on the Board for eight years, (One year as vice-chairman).  During his tenure on the Board of statewide network of public television stations was built and began broadcasting.  Bob was selected as the Outstanding High School Teacher in the Oshkosh Public Schools in 1981.

After his retirement in 1989 Bob and Jo Ann made several trips to Europe, Cuba, North Africa and Asia to visit places where he served while in the Navy.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Donald Dalton and Tom Dalton, sister Nancy Shurpitt, and infant sister Judy Dalton.  He is survived by his wife Jo Ann Dalton; sisters: Dorothy Koch of Baraboo, Betty Hayes of Portage, June Morgan of Fond du Lac, Virginia Eiberg of Milwaukee, Barbara Pfeiffer of Montello, and brother Jack of Zion, Illinois; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.  He is further survived by his sister-in-law Janet (Chuck) Dolce of Pittsburg, PA.

In accordance with Bob's wishes, there will be no visitation or memorial service.  He will be laid  to rest at Highland Memorial Park in Appleton