Ted Dielman
Ted Dielman, professor emeritus of health behavior and health education and professor emeritus of medical education, died June 29 at home in Green Valley, Ariz. He was 68.
Dielman was born Aug. 15, 1939, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Frederick Charles and Hazel Farrell Dielman. He grew up in Canton, Kansas, and attended the University of Kansas before serving in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany.
During a weekend leave in Paris, he met Alice Jordan of Gowrie, Iowa, and they were married June 6, 1961, in Frankfurt an Main, Germany. Their son, Steven, was born in Frankfurt in 1962, just prior to their return to Lawrence where Ted completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at KU in 1964.
Dielman earned his master’s degree in 1966 and his doctorate in psychology in 1970 from the University of Hawaii. His first post-doctoral appointment was with Dr. R.B. Cattell at the Laboratory of Personality and Group Analysis, University of Illinois, Champaign, where he ultimately became assistant director of the lab.
In 1972 he joined the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research at the University. In 1976 he became an associate research scientist at the Health Services Research Center, and in 1978 he joined the Office of Educational Resources and Research in the Department of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Professions Education in the School of Medicine, eventually becoming professor and assistant director. He also was professor of health behavior and health education in the School of Public Health.
In 1993 he retired and in 2004 he was named professor emeritus of health behavior and health education and professor emeritus of medical education.
Dielman was recognized internationally for his significant contributions to multivariate analysis of health behavior research, particularly adolescent health behaviors. He was the principal or co-principal investigator on numerous, large-scale research projects, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. He also was a frequent member of the expert review panels for these agencies. He also served on numerous dissertation committees for doctoral students.
After Alice died in 1973, Dielman married Debra Golden in 1983. Their son, Christopher, was born in 1986 in Chile.
Dielman is survived by his wife; son Steven of Falls Church, Va.; son Christopher of Flagstaff, Ariz.; mother Hazel Critchlow of Canton, Kansas; brother Dr. Terry Dielman of Colleyville, Texas; stepbrother Joe Critchlow of Clearwater, Kansas; a grandson, and several nieces and nephews. He also is survived by his dog Mickey.
Celebrations of his life will be held at dates to be announced in Arizona and in Ann Arbor.
The family suggests memorials be made to the Ted Dielman Memorial Fund at Green Fields Country Day School, 6000 N. Camino de la Tierra, Tucson, Ariz., 85741 or in his memory to the Sharon United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 543, Manchester, Mich., 48158.
