Biography
John Theodore Dickman was born in Hamilton, OH, October 27, 1927. He graduated from Fork Union Military Academy (1945) and The Ohio State University (1950). He received his MS from OSU (1957) and PhD in physiological chemistry from OSU (1960), and taught chemistry and physics at Urbana (OH) High School from 1950-1953. He served in the U.S. Army (Korea) from 1953-1955. John retired from Chemical Abstracts Service after 30 years, as Senior Editorial Advisor, in 1990. He was a member of American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and past president of the Association of Earth Science Editors. John and his wife enjoyed growing, exhibiting, and judging roses and were engaged in local, state, and national activities of the American Rose Society (ARS). He wrote a popular Q&A column in the ARS magazine American Rose for 20 years. He was awarded the District Silver Honor Medal and received the ARS Klima Gold Medal for excellence in rose education. He passed away on September 30, 2024.
