Jackson-Story-Polk County IA Archives Obituaries.....Dyas, Robert William November 10, 2014
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Des Moines Register, Nov. 12, 2014
Robert William Dyas passed away on November 10, 2014 at Northcrest Health 
Care Center in Ames, Iowa. A Celebration of Life memorial service will be 
held on December 6th, at 11:00 a.m. at Grandon Funeral Home. A luncheon will 
follow the service. Burial will be in the Iowa State University 
Cemetery.Robert W. Dyas was born on May 4, 1919 in Maquoketa, Iowa, the son 
of Roy W. and Mary E.(Weirick) Dyas. In 1935 he graduated from high school 
in Andrew, Iowa. Robert entered the U.S. Army on December 5, 1940 and was 
commissioned as Second Lieutenant in July 1942, serving in the 42nd Infantry 
Rainbow Division, including combat in France, Germany, and Austria from 1944 
to 1946. He earned the Purple Heart, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and 
several combat ribbons. He was separated from service as Major in 1946. Dyas 
received B.S. and MLA degrees in Landscape Architecture from Iowa State 
University (1946-1953). He taught at Penn State University, 1954-57, and 
University of California, Berkley, 1957-58. From 1958-60, he was employed as 
a landscape architect at Hare & Hare in Kansas City, MO. Robert W. Dyas was 
a Professor of Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University from 1960 
until his retirement in 1989 as Distinguished Professor Emeritus. One of his 
largest studies while teaching at Iowa State involved a field study (1970-
71) of the Midwest savanna, a region stretching from Canada to Texas.Dyas 
received numerous awards including the Outstanding Teacher Award (1969) from 
Iowa State University, the L. C. Chadwick Award (1978) from the American 
Association of Nurserymen, the Horticulture Merit Award (1979) from the Iowa 
State Horticultural Society, the Faculty Citation (1986) from the Iowa State 
University Alumni Association, and the Silver Medal (1987) from Tau Sigma 
Delta for distinction in design education.In 1956, he married Lorraine E. 
Roden in Paris, Texas. The couple moved to Ames in 1960 where he joined the 
faculty at Iowa State University. Robert Dyas was a member of the First 
Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts, and its Ames branch 
church where he also served as a reader and board member.Robert W. Dyas is 
survived by his brothers, John W. of Maquoketa, Richard H. and his wife Ann 
of Eagle Grove, sister-in-law Rosella (Thomas) of Maquoketa, nephews, 
Willard, Richard, James and John R., nieces Susan (Jeb) Johenning and Sandra 
Dyas and many more family members not named here. He was preceded in death 
by his parents, his wife Lorraine, his brother Thomas, his nephew Floyd and 
sister-in-law Doris Dyas.Memorial contributions may be made to:Robert W. 
Dyas Internship, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation; 505 Fifth Ave Suite 444, 
Des Moines, IA 50309 Robert W. Dyas Scholarship, College of Design, Iowa 
State University Foundation, 2505 University Blvd, Ames, IA 50010 

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