In 1977, Dale was appointed
the initial United States
Swimming Open Water Swimming
Committee Chairman.
During has tenure, the United
States Open Water program
developed from one race to a
quasi-national event to an
adequately funded and successful
international program.
He welcomed the Masters
swimmers as part of the USS
Open Water Committee and
as the sport grew, he assisted the Masters in forming an
independent organization. He was chairman of the FINA
Open Water Swimming Commission; a group assigned to
study and make reservations to FINA for inclusion of Open
Water Swimming into their activities. He eventually served
as Honorary Secretary of the FINA Technical Open Water
Swimming Committee. He assisted in writing the
International FINA Open Water Swimming Rules. He
served as a FINA Open Water Official at several World
Championships and World Cup events. He acted as escort
for USS National Team Swimmers at two FINA World
Cups. In 1985, he became the oldest person to swim the
Catalina Channel in California. Since the early 1990’s, he
served as the Honorary Secretary of the International
Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and has promoted the
induction of the finest marathon swimmers in the world into
the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
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