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Dale Andres

Iowa Ambassador

Name:  Dale F. Andres
Hometown:  West Des Moines

Business Position:  Chief Pathologist, Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines, Retired, and US Army, Retired.

Civilian Education:  M.S., Administrative Medicine, University of Wisconsin,  D.O.  Des Moines University,  B.A. Westmar College, LeMars, IA.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Organizations/Clubs/Philanthropies:  Association of the Military Surgeons (Life Member), Senior Army Reserve Association(Life Member),  Military Officers Association of America(Life Member), United Way, American Medical Association, Iowa Association of Pathologists, Iowa Chronic Care Consortium

Military Retirement Date, Date of Rank, Service:  Aug 2007, March1992, US Army.

Name of Spouse and Children:  Wife- Marie, Children- Matthew and Ashley

Dale F. Andres retired as a Brigadier General in 1995 with 23 years of service in the United States Army and Army Reserves. He served in many key leadership positions including Chief of Pathology at the 5th General Hospital in Stuttgart Germany, Chief of Blood Bank at the Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco, CA, Surgeon, 103rd Corps Support Command, Des Moines, IA, Commander, 830th Station Hospital, Des Moines, IA, Commander 30th Hospital Center, Ft Sheridan, IL and Commander 330th Medical Brigade, Ft Sheridan, IL.

He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, SOUTHCOM Counterpart Contingency Training Course, Total Quality Management Workshop, Force Integration Course, Pacific Counterpart Contingency Training Course and other professional courses.