Oliver Dalton

Oliver Dalton (b. Jan 12, 1927 – d. June 4, 2003) was the manager of the 647 and 7000 series development. He also managed the 453, 454 and 485 development programs, and was deeply involved in the development of the 321.

Oliver retired from Tektronix on June 30, 1983, after 24.5 years of service.

Regarding Oliver Dalton's role at Tektronix, Linley Gumm said,

Oliver was the one that would, at the beginning of a project, hold a meeting with the designers of the deflection amplifiers and the CRT designers to reach the volts per division V and H compromise that would define the entire project.

I was on hand once when Oliver's reputation across the company was demonstrated. Chasing a problem, one of Oliver's staff had discovered a serious problem with the now shipping design. Oliver picked up the phone and called the plant manager and suggested that it would be a good idea to halt shipments until the problem was resolved. The word went out across the company that "Oliver said to shut the line down", and it was. Further, virtually the whole company was suddenly at his disposal to solve said problem. His reputation was such that what Oliver said pretty much directed the situation upward and downward through the organization.

Products by Oliver Dalton

Manufacturer	Model	Description	Designers	Introduced
Tektronix	321	Portable single channel scope	Oz Svehaug • Oliver Dalton • Hiro Moriyasu	1960
Tektronix	647	50 MHz scope	Oz Svehaug • Oliver Dalton • Jim Knapton	1963
Tektronix	321A	Portable single channel scope	Oz Svehaug • Oliver Dalton • Hiro Moriyasu	1964
Tektronix	453	50 MHz portable dual-trace scope	Oliver Dalton • Gene Andrews	1965
Tektronix	454	150 MHz portable dual-trace scope	Oliver Dalton	1967
Tektronix	454A	150 MHz portable dual-trace scope	Oliver Dalton	1971

Components by Oliver Dalton

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