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Dyson began his career in 1932 as an accountant at Price Waterhouse & Company. After a two-year tour as a chartered accountant in England with Price Waterhouse & Company, Dyson was rewarded by being named a manager when he returned to the United States in 1938. He remained with the company
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Dyson was recruited by the Federal government as a civilian to help set up the procurement and record keeping for the Lend Lease Program. At the U.S. declaration of World War II, he was drafted into the same position as a lieutenant in the Army Air Force. During his military service, the War
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from the Dyson family which would be used to make improvements to the university's School of Applied Economics and Management. In Dyson's honor, the department was renamed the
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where he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer under President Spencer Love. In 1954, he founded the
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Department assigned him to the Treasury Department to assist the Treasury Secretary,
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Dyson and his wife, Margaret MacGregor Dyson, had four children,
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In 1957, Dyson and wife Margaret Dyson (1914–1990) created the
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under its founder, Royal (Roy) Little. In 1949, he moved to
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In June 2010, Cornell University received a $ 25 million
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Charles Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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There is a Margaret M. and Charles H. Dyson Atrium at
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until he was recruited to government service for the
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Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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