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About Dale Michael
Dale Michael is a retired Executive Vice-President
of World Book Encyclopedia, Inc. with a second career
as a Substance Abuse/Sexual Addictions Counselor,
Psychotherapist, and Educator. He is also a volunteer
and has participated in many programs. He lives in
Florida with his wife Mary, to whom he has been married
56 years in September. He currently works for a non-profit
organization and is very involved in church.
After earning his B.A., Liberal Arts, from Principia
College, Dale worked at World Book. Throughout his
22 years working domestically and internationally,
Dale designed and conducted "Success Seminars,"
motivational and inspirational speeches, which he
gave to employees at all levels. He operated out of
the belief that success in sales is directly related
to success in living and that as an individual's sense
of worth and esteem develop, along with their caring
for others, business goals are achieved more readily
and work and personal life become more satisfying
and fulfilling.
After he left World Book, he moved to New Orleans.
During his 9 years there, he was President of The
Old Spaghetti Factory Restaurant and then President
and CEO of The Columns Hotel. Many of his restaurant
employees were students and recovering substance abusers
who would come to him for advice and help. A police
captain was a common patron of the restaurant and
asked Dale to join the reserve police force. He went
to the Police Academy and became a Commissioned Police
Officer in the New Orleans Police Department. During
this time, he joined a YMCA-sponsored literacy program
and tutored illiterate and homeless individuals. He
also informally counseled alcoholics and drug abusers
at The Bridge House, a Catholic Charities halfway
house for addicted homeless men and women. He and
his wife spent two years working in Portugal and Spain.
When he returned to the States, Dale decided to obtain
the appropriate education to become a psychotherapist.
He obtained his M.A. in Counseling Psychology and
earned his Certificate for Substance Abuse Counseling
at the Alfred Adler School of Professional Psychology
in Chicago, IL, in 1990. He maintained a general practice
in Evanston, IL, for several years. He also was an
Instructor/Counselor for Intervention Instruction,
Inc. in Chicago, teaching in Cook County courts a
10-week "Level II-Moderate" class for DUI
offenders. He was instrumental in developing and testing
an audiovisual educational program for educating the
public on the difficult and sometimes tragic consequences
of being arrested for DUI. He was the recipient of
the Intervention Instruction's 1995 Founders' Award
"in recognition of his Efforts to Forward the
Corporation's Mission through Many and Diverse Acts
of Service to the Community, as an Educator, Counselor
and Consultant." He was also a Court Appointed
Special Advocate (CASA) for Cook County Juvenile Court,
assisting children in the juvenile welfare system
to move to permanent homes or return to their parents.
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