Military Career
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, he was lent by the War Department to the Treasury Department to assist the Treasury Secretary, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and under Secretary of State, Dean Atcheson, at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. This conference was created to set the post-war exchange rates for world currencies, principally the dollar, franc, pound, and the German mark. For his diverse and distinguished service, Dyson was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.
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