George W. Dell was born July 9, 1926 in St. Paul Minnesota. He graduated from Hinton Iowa High School in 1944 and joined the Army Air Corps, serving from 1946-47. George Dell majored in Speech at Los Angeles City College and earned his A.A. in 1949. He attended the University of Southern California and graduated with a B.S. in Education in 1951, a M.A. in 1955, and a Ph. D. in Speech in 1960. He served as a Speech Correctionalist in the Los Angeles Elementary Schools during the years 1951-55, and as an instructor at Los Angeles City College from 1955-59. George W. Dell was Professor of Speech and Communication Studies at San Francisco State University from 1961-86. In 2005, George Dell was Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University and resided in Calistoga, California. He died on September 2, 2003.

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