2004 George Dimas (1947)
2004 GEORGE DIMAS (1947)
Social worker and teacher,
Captain in the US Air Force
Teacher and coach at Olympus and Murray High Schools
President of the North American Association of Alcohol Programs
Executive Director of the State of Oregon Alcohol and Drug Program
Executive Director of the National Council on Alcoholism
Originator of the national Alcoholism Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1969 (also known as the Hughes Act) which recognized alcoholism as a disease
Member of the Executive Board of the International Council on Alcoholism and Addiction
Authored numerous papers on the treatment of alcoholism and standards for treatment centers
President and CEO of the Utah Alcoholism Treatment Network