Dale O. Anderson Heads Advisory Council

Dale O. Anderson became chair of the Advisory Council for the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at its June 20 meeting in Bismarck, N.D. He is charged with providing leadership for the Council in its role of providing policy guidance to UGPTI.

Anderson will work closely with UGPTI director Gene Griffin and the North Dakota State University administration to identify research opportunities and support for the Institute with public and private sector leaders. As a former director of UGPTI, he is in an ideal position to promote the Institute's professional capacity. The two-year term Anderson serves allows him to be involved in the development and passage of the biennial budget.

As president of the Greater North Dakota Association since 1981, North Dakota's State Chamber of Commerce, Anderson has served in a number of state and national organizations. He has also been active with his North Dakota State University alma mater where he earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees. Anderson is on the NDSU Development Foundation Board of Trustees and Executive Committee and is past president of NDSU Team Makers. His professional career began as a professor in agricultural economics at NDSU. His doctorate in agricultural economics is from Oklahoma State University.

He was the first president of the North Dakota Consensus Council and currently serves on its board of directors as well as the North Dakota Water Coalition. Nationally, he served as vice president of the Council of State Chambers of Commerce and as a member of the Chamber of Commerce Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Extensively involved in political activities, legislative programs and civic affairs, Anderson has also written numerous widely published articles dealing with various aspects of agricultural production and marketing, and water resource development and use.

He was district governor of Toastmasters International and was honored with Distinguished Toastmaster Award. He is an active member of the Kiwanis, Masonic Lodge and the Elks.

Anderson and his wife, Claudia, have two adult children and live in Bismarck.

Jacobson Earns Degrees

Dennis Jacobson, director of the Department of Transportation Support Center at North Dakota State University, was recently awarded two degrees.

While he is known as Jake at the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, he is an Army Colonel who graduated from the United States Army War College in July 2001 with a master's degree in strategic studies. At the same time he was completing that rigorous course, he completed a master of science in civil engineering at NDSU.

As program director, he is responsible for developing student engineering, information technology centers to support DOT engineering and research activities. In his military capacity, Jacobson is an engineer with the North Dakota Army Reserve National Guard and Deputy STARC Commander.