Dale Jarman was born in Compton, California in l935. At the end of WWII, he and his family moved to San Diego where he graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in l953. After a stint with the California State Division of Forestry as a firefighter, Dale entered the U.S. Army at Fort Ord, California in February of l954. He finished his two- year hitch in the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina in December, l955. Upon discharge, he entered BYU for the Winter and Spring terms in l956.

Dale was called to serve a mission for the LDS Church to Uruguay in November, l956 and returned in July, l959. He entered BYU the next month and declared a Spanish Teaching major and an English Teaching minor. He received his BA in August of l962 and started his teaching career at Provo High School where he taught Spanish and English until June of l987.

Dale enlisted in the 19th Special Forces Group in the Utah National Guard in April 1960 and was on Jump Status until l990. He finished his military career with the 142d Military Intelligence Unit in l992.

After retiring from public school teaching in l987, Dale started his MA program in Spanish Pedagogy at BYU and finished in l991. Since that time, he has taught Spanish classes in beginning levels up to Spanish 321. Professor Jarman is currently the Supervisor of Student Teachers in the Spanish Department. He has served as director of Foreign Language Housing, Coordinator of Spanish Housing, Administrative Assistant to various NEH Summer Seminars, Director of the Spring Intensive Program, and Director of the Service/Learning Program in Guadalajara, Mexico 2000.