Evan Dobelle

Dobelle was born in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 1945.{{Citation| last=Carter| first=Jimmy | title =Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1977, Book 1: January 20 to June 24, 1977| page = 101| publisher = General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, Office of the Federal Register | location = Washington, D.C.| date = February 9, 1977}} Dobelle's father was prominent American surgeon Martin Dobelle; his older brother was medical researcher William H. Dobelle. Dobelle grew up between Pittsfield, Massachusetts and Cocoa Beach, Florida, where his father served on the medical staff for Project Mercury.

Dobelle began his undergraduate education at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, where he was named a Distinguished Alumnus.{{Cite web|url=https://secure.citadelalumni.org/dcal/detail.php?id=103|title=The Citadel Alumni Association|website=secure.citadelalumni.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-25}}

Dobelle holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in Education Administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University.{{cite web |title= President Evan S. Dobelle Biography |work= Westfield State University web site |url= http://www.wsc.ma.edu/about-westfield/presidents-office/biography/ |access-date= October 15, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110130004049/http://www.wsc.ma.edu/about-westfield/presidents-office/biography/ |archive-date= 2011-01-30 |url-status= dead}} Elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1973 and 1975, Dobelle was later Massachusetts State Commissioner of Environmental Management and Natural Resources. He was U.S. Chief of Protocol for the White House in the Carter administration with the rank of Ambassador. His wife, Edith H. J. Dobelle, served as Chief of Protocol and Chief of Staff to First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

He was the treasurer and deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee and National Chairman of the Carter-Mondale Presidential Committee.{{Cite news |title=Dobelle gets party promotion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/544896282/ |newspaper=The Transcript |date=June 19, 1980 |page=13 |volume=137 |issue=243 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |title=Dobelle's Democrat post to be formalized Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/532980456/ |newspaper=The Berkshire Eagle |date=June 5, 1978 |page=16 |volume=86 |issue=330 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |title=President Getting Set For 1980 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/184833007/ |newspaper=The Longview Daily News |date=March 5, 1979 |agency=United Press International |last=Koza |first=Patricia |page=1 |volume=108 |issue=41 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Long before the 1980 presidential race, Dobelle worked as a Research Associate for Governor Ronald Reagan's commission for educational reform.{{cite news|last1=Burke|first1=James|title=Dobelle: a surfeit of jobs|work=Berksire Eagle|date=October 24, 1973}}

Dobelle was President of Middlesex Community College in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1987 to 1990.

Dobelle was subsequently President and Chancellor of City College of San Francisco from 1990 to 1995. While in San Francisco, Dobelle decentralized administrative functions - a managerial model the college celebrated and maintained until it went into state receivership in 2012 nearly losing its accreditation.{{cite web|last1=Corry|first1=Meghan|title=The Evolution of Crisis at city College of San Francisco|url=https://rpgroup.org/Portals/0/Documents/Awards/2017/The_Evolution_of_Crisis_Dissertation.pdf|page=84}} While issues were identified by FCMAT, the report was issued seventeen years and three presidents after the end of Dobelle's tenure and none of the findings were attributed to Dobelle.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ccsf.edu/dam/Organizational_Assets/Department/budget/20120914_FCMAT.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-05-04 |archive-date=2018-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504155929/https://www.ccsf.edu/dam/Organizational_Assets/Department/budget/20120914_FCMAT.pdf |url-status=dead}}

While president of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut (1995–2001), neighborhood renewal reversed declining enrollments.{{cite news |last=Wolfe |first=Fay |url=http://www.umass.edu/umassmag/archives/1998/winter_98/wint98_f_trinity.html |title=The Man to Do It |work=UMass Magazine |date=Winter 1998 |access-date=2007-05-06}}

As president of the University of Hawaiʻi from 2001 to 2004, he backed unifying the system's campuses, established the Academy of Creative Media, built a new medical school, reformed financial and building practices and strengthened Native Hawaiian programs. He was also criticized{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23296234/former-uh-president-dobelle-defends-high-spending-at-mass-university|title=Former UH president Dobelle placed on paid leave at Mass. university|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=30 August 2013 |access-date=20 May 2017}} for politicizing the university by endorsing Democrat Mazie Hirono for governor and for paying unusually high salaries to administrators (though typical by mainland standards). On June 15, 2004, Dobelle was fired by the Board of Regents, but this firing was deemed illegal and void.{{cite news |last=Gima |first=Craig |url=http://starbulletin.com/2004/06/16/news/story1.html |title=Dobelle Fired |publisher=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=2004-06-16 |access-date=2007-05-28 |archive-date=2007-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816214117/http://starbulletin.com/2004/06/16/news/story1.html |url-status=dead}} Turnover on the Board of Regents meant that there were no Regents left who had selected him as president.{{cite news |last=Basinger |first=Julianne |url=http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i46/46a02301.htm |title=Wipeout in Hawaii |publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=2004-07-23 |access-date=2007-05-06}} A few weeks later, Dobelle and the university reached a mediated settlement. Dobelle agreed to resign from the presidency and not to apply for any other University of Hawaiʻi positions, and the university agreed to a two-year non-tenured research position and a settlement of $1.6 million in cash, a state pension for life, and a fully paid $2 million life insurance policy, and assumed all legal costs of $1.2 million, with no finding of wrongdoing on the part of either Dobelle or the board.{{cite news |last=Basinger |first=Julianne |url=http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i49/49a02402.htm |title=U. of Hawaii Settles Dispute With President |publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=2004-08-13 |access-date=2007-05-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/1948041/dobelle-im-astonished|title=Dobelle: "I'm Astonished."|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=17 June 2004 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/1961597/dobelle-knows-why-he-was-fired|title=Dobelle Knows Why He Was Fired|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=23 June 2004 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/19616787/analysis-whos-in-charge-at-uh-can-they-be-fired|title=Analysis: Who's in charge at UH? Can they be fired?|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=23 September 2012 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/19640529/senate-panel-to-investigate-uh-buyouts|title=Senate panel to investigate UH buyouts|first=Rick|last=Daysog|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=26 September 2012 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/19662107/besides-43-public-relations-staff-uh-hired-2-pr-consultants-for-150k|title=EXCLUSIVE: To help 43 PR staff, UH hired 2 consultants for $150K|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=28 September 2012 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/19751491/regents-schedule-special-meeting-to-discuss-embattled-uh-president|title=Regents schedule special meeting to discuss embattled UH president|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=6 October 2012 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/19804661/uh-regents-consider-greenwoods-fate-in-closed-door-meeting-today|title=Sources: Letter from Greenwood's lawyer prompted special regents' meeting|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=12 October 2012 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/19855139/uh-regents-consider-greenwoods-fate-in-closed-door-meeting-today|title=UH regents hire lawyer to help determine Greenwood's fate|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=18 October 2012 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/22189999/who-will-replace-greenwood-at-uh|title=Who will replace UH's Greenwood?|first=Rick|last=Daysog|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=8 May 2013 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/22201667/uh-pays-800k-to-recruit-top-executives|title=UH pays $800K to recruit top executives|first=Rick|last=Daysog|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=9 May 2013 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/22304271/uh-legal-bill-for-greenwoods-2-million-demand-letter-53k|title=UH legal bill for Greenwood's $2 million demand letter: $53K|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=21 May 2013 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/22402003/uh-spends-13-million-upgrading-empty-college-hill-mansion|title=UH spends $1.3 million upgrading empty College Hill mansion|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=23 May 2013 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23490830/former-uh-president-wont-step-down-amid-critical-reports-about-spending|title=Former UH president won't step down amid critical reports about spending|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=21 September 2013 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23621086/westfield-state-university-president-facing-no-confidence-vote|title=Westfield State University president facing no-confidence vote|first=Hugh|last=Zeitlin|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526041859/http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23621086/westfield-state-university-president-facing-no-confidence-vote|archive-date=26 May 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23919999/former-uh-president-evan-dobelle-retires-amid-controversy|title=Former UH President Evan Dobelle retires amid controversy|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=9 November 2013 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/25687003/new-uh-president-will-be-paid-less-than-last-3-university-leaders|title=New UH president will be paid less than last 3 university leaders|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=4 June 2014 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/30274707/besides-arnold-uh-has-paid-out-25m-in-settlements-to-fired-officials-since-2004|title=Besides Arnold, UH has paid out $2.5M in settlements to fired officials since 2004|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=16 October 2015 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/30368283/uh-tells-lawmakers-its-made-key-changes-to-avoid-pricey-payouts|title=UH tells lawmakers it's made key changes to avoid pricey payouts|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=28 October 2015 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/629118/uh-manoa-clean-up|title=UH Manoa Clean Up|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=20 January 2002 |access-date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/644682/the-house-that-les-built|title=The House That Les Built|website=hawaiinewsnow.com|date=February 2002 |access-date=20 May 2017}}

The ensuing controversy caused a statewide referendum to be passed by 63% that changed the way Regents were appointed by the Governor and was upheld unanimously by the Hawaii Supreme Court.{{cite news |last=Sakamoto |first=Norman |url=http://www.normansakamoto.org/policy/20070724_UHBoardofRegentsCandidateAdvisoryCouncil.shtml |title=UH Board of Regents Candidate Advisory Council |publisher=Norman Sakamoto |date=2007-07-24 |access-date=2009-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727130135/http://www.normansakamoto.org/policy/20070724_UHBoardofRegentsCandidateAdvisoryCouncil.shtml |archive-date=2011-07-27}}{{cite news |last=Bulletin |first=Star |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/07/09/editorial/editorial01.html|title=Declare truce over UH regents and correct flawed law |publisher=Star Bulletin |date=2008-07-09 |access-date=2009-11-18}}{{cite news |last=Shikina |first=Robert |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/08/27/news/story05.html |title=UH needs 12 new regents |publisher=Star Bulletin |date=2007-08-27 |access-date=2009-11-18}} The gubernatorial advisor and Regent who had initiated the process against Dobelle was subsequently rejected for reconfirmation by the state senate.{{Cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/May/02/ln/hawaii805020393.html|title=Senate votes against reconfirming Lagareta {{!}} The Honolulu Advertiser {{!}} Hawaii's Newspaper|website=the.honoluluadvertiser.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-27|archive-date=2018-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035542/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/May/02/ln/hawaii805020393.html|url-status=dead}}

In 2004, he became president of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). A few weeks later he was unanimously chosen to be President of NEBHE by the 48 delegates representing the six New England governors. Dobelle reorganized and focused the organization on core issues of access and affordability, significantly heightening NEBHE's visibility and increasing external funding. Dobelle also energized participation of the six states in the region for the College Ready initiative and engaged all New England Governors, SHEEOS, and K–12 Education Commissioners in a single cooperative effort to address high school graduation rates and college access.

In December 2007 Dobelle was appointed president of Westfield State College in Westfield, Massachusetts. During his tenure the school's name was changed from "college" to "university."{{cite news|last=Lupkin|first=Sydney|title=What's in a name? Plenty, say backers of renaming state colleges|url=http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/07/10/whats_in_a_name_plenty_say_backers_of_renaming_state_colleges/|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=10 July 2010}}

In August, 2013, an audit directed by the executive committee of the university's board of trustees found that Dobelle mixed personal and institutional expenses submitted for reimbursement; Dobelle countered that he had self-reported the accounting issue to the chair and the university General Counsel, and that the issue had arisen due to the existing system. Auditors also questioned other expenses, including tickets to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and a wire transfer to Vietnam, one of several expenses from a 2008 twelve-person academic delegation to Asia meant to raise Westfield's international profile and to raise funds. Reaction to the controversy includes an investigation by the state Attorney General's office and the withdrawal of a $100,000 gift; Dobelle countered that the pledge had been made years before and was not authentic.{{cite news|title=Westfield leader scrutinized for lavish charges|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/08/17/from-bangkok-hotels-cape-cod-clambakes-state-university-president-taste-for-high-life-catches-him/b1xMgdwKWEjG06j6DFYoxM/story.html|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=18 August 2013|author=Andrea Estes|author2=Scott Allen}}{{cite news|title=Donor cancels planned $100,000 gift to Westfield State|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/08/28/donor-cancels-gift-westfield-state-amid-growing-controversy-over-president-lavish-spending/BfzkyBD2fkTqumS9LJoTHJ/story.html|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=29 August 2013|author=Andrea Estes|author2=Scott Allen}} Dobelle called the audit and its release illegal and defaming.{{cite news|title=Westfield State president calls review defaming and illegal |url=http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/08/29/westfield-state-president-calls-review-defaming-and-illegal/JRIdPfsv1SaO5ZHYwOZDtN/story.html|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=30 August 2013|author=Scott Allen|author2=Andrea Estes}}{{cite web|title=Westfield State University trustees vote to place embattled President Evan Dobelle on paid administrative leave|url=http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/10/16/westfield-state-university-faculty-vote-confidence-embattled-president-dobelle/Bj7P6t8gxLsyvY9GZPPf7I/story.html|work=Boston.com|access-date=17 October 2013|author=Scott Allen|author2=Andrea Estes}} On November 8, 2013, Dobelle announced his resignation from Westfield State University and his retirement from public service.{{cite web|title=Dobelle announces resignation from Westfield State University| url=http://www.gazettenet.com/news/townbytown/westfield/9239306-95/dobelle-announces-resignation-from-westfield-state-university |work=gazettenet.com|access-date=8 November 2013|author=Bob Dunn}} However, he was still both suing the university and billing it for over 90 thousand dollars in his legal fees.{{cite web|title=Former Westfield State University president Evan Dobelle's lawyer is billing the school for $99,000-plus in legal costs| url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/12/the_lawyer_for_former_westfiel.html |work=masslive.com|access-date=12 December 2013|author=Jack Flynn| date=11 December 2013 }} On July 31, 2014, the Massachusetts Inspector General's Office published the results of its investigation of Dobelle's spending while at Westfield State.{{cite web|title=Review of Spending Practices by Former Westfield State University President Evan S. Dobelle| url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/review-of-spending-practices-by-former-westfield-state-university-president-evan-s-dobelle-july/download|access-date=5 January 2023|author=Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General}} On April 30, 2015, Dobelle and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts settled.{{cite web|title=FINAL JUDGMENT BY CONSENT| url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/dobelle-cj/download|access-date=5 January 2023|author=Suffolk Superior Court}} The settlement required Dobelle to pay the Commonwealth $185,000 in legal fees. The settlement agreement also prevents Dobelle from serving in any role at a Massachusetts public institution of higher learning, but with no admission of wrongdoing on the part of Dobelle.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/30/former-westfield-state-president-dobelle-pay-resolve-claims-lavish-improper-spending/QURyH0JeM1XFYW5DKNOfYI/story.html|title=Former Westfield State president Dobelle to pay $185,000 to resolve claims of lavish, improper spending - The Boston Globe|work=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=2018-09-06|archive-date=2018-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032223/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/30/former-westfield-state-president-dobelle-pay-resolve-claims-lavish-improper-spending/QURyH0JeM1XFYW5DKNOfYI/story.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/05/ex-westfield_state_university.html|title=Ex-Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle 'finally' taking responsibility, state inspector general says|work=masslive.com|access-date=2018-09-06|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.courant.com/education/hc-evan-dobelle-settlement-0430-20150430-story.html|title=Former Trinity President Settles In Massachusetts College Spending Probe|agency=Associated Press|work=courant.com|access-date=2018-09-07|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/30/former-westfield-state-president-dobelle-pay-resolve-claims-lavish-improper-spending/QURyH0JeM1XFYW5DKNOfYI/story.html|title=Former Westfield State president Dobelle to pay $185,000 to resolve claims of lavish, improper spending - The Boston Globe|last=Reporter|first=Andrea Estes-|website=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=2019-02-22|archive-date=2018-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032223/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/30/former-westfield-state-president-dobelle-pay-resolve-claims-lavish-improper-spending/QURyH0JeM1XFYW5DKNOfYI/story.html|url-status=dead}}

He currently works as a consultant and board member in the nonprofit and private sectors.

He has researched and compiled the Saviors of Our Cities{{cite press release|url=http://www.evandobelle.com/top25saviors.html|title=DOBELLE ANNOUNCES TOP 25 'BEST NEIGHBOR' COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618234028/http://www.evandobelle.com/top25saviors.html|archive-date=2010-06-18}} list, which spotlights the top 25 universities and colleges that are exemplary examples of community revitalization and cultural renewal, economic drivers of the local economy, advocates of community service and urban developers, both commercially as well as in housing.{{cite news |last=Aujla |first=Simmi |url=http://www.evandobelle.com/SOOCPRESS/The%20Chronicle%20of%20Higher%20Education.pdf |title=Penn and Southern Cal Top Ranking of Good-Neighbor Colleges |publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=2009-10-12 |access-date=2009-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205406/http://www.evandobelle.com/SOOCPRESS/The%20Chronicle%20of%20Higher%20Education.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-10}}{{cite news |url=http://www.evandobelle.com/SOOCPRESS/The%20Chronicle%20of%20Higher%20Education.pdf |title=2009 Survey Names Nation's Top 25 'Best Neighbor' Colleges and Universities |publisher=Reuters |date=2009-10-12 |access-date=2009-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205406/http://www.evandobelle.com/SOOCPRESS/The%20Chronicle%20of%20Higher%20Education.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-10}}{{cite news |url=http://www.evandobelle.com/SOOCPRESS/Philadelphia.pdf |title=Editorial: A collegial neighborhood |publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=2009-10-17 |access-date=2009-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205412/http://www.evandobelle.com/SOOCPRESS/Philadelphia.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-10}}

Dobelle serves on the Executive Boards of the Consortium of Urban and Metropolitan Universities ( CUMU), the Commission on Effective Leadership of the American Council on Education (ACE), and the Council on International Education (CIEE).

Dobelle has received accolades during his career for success in community outreach as well as management of colleges inclusive of faculty issues, athletic teams, student engagement and being an agent for change.{{cite news |url= http://www.evandobelle.com/Dobelle%20Again%20Remaking%20A%20City.pdf |title= Dobelle Again Remaking A City |publisher= Hartford Courant |date= 2009-08-25 |access-date= 2009-11-19 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205417/http://www.evandobelle.com/Dobelle%20Again%20Remaking%20A%20City.pdf |archive-date= 2011-07-10}}{{cite news |last=Dobelle |first=Evan |url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/03/28/a_winning_battle_plan_on_learning/ |title=A winning battle plan on learning |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=2009-03-28 |access-date=2009-11-19}}{{cite news |url= http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3927342&categoryid=2491548 |title=Trinity: Decade of Dominance |publisher=ESPN |date=2009-02-22 |access-date=2009-11-19}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news |url=http://newenglandfutures.org/issues/newenglandidentity/sidebar3/ |title=Creative Economy: Region's New Success Ticket? |publisher=New England Futures |access-date=2009-11-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215115945/http://www.newenglandfutures.org/issues/newenglandidentity/sidebar3/ |archive-date=2005-12-15}}{{cite news |last=Furukawa |first=George |url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0LSH/is_7_5/ai_95447757/ |title=Sense and Sensibility |publisher=Business Services Industry |date=September 2002 |access-date=2009-11-19}}{{cite news |last=Thomasson |first=Dan |url= http://www.seattlepi.com/opinion/283020_thomasson30.html |title=At Long Last, a List We Can Value |publisher= Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=2006-08-30 |access-date=2009-11-19}}{{cite news |url= http://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2004/02/f2_progress.html |title=Changes Bring Progress |publisher=Malamalama |access-date=2009-11-19}}{{cite news |url= http://www.evandobelle.com/United%20for%20Learning%20Hawaii.pdf |title= United for Learning |access-date= 2009-11-19 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205424/http://www.evandobelle.com/United%20for%20Learning%20Hawaii.pdf |archive-date= 2011-07-10}}{{cite news |url= http://www.evandobelle.com/TRINITY%20Learning%20Corridor.pdf |title= The Learning Corridor Opens for Learning |access-date= 2009-11-19 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205435/http://www.evandobelle.com/TRINITY%20Learning%20Corridor.pdf |archive-date= 2011-07-10}}{{cite news |last=Gross |first=Jane |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/14/nyregion/trinity-college-leads-effort-to-spark-hartford-s-renewal.html |title=Trinity College Leads Effort To Spark Hartford's Renewal |work=The New York Times |date=1997-04-14 |access-date=2009-11-19}}

Dobelle's father was orthopedic surgeon Martin Dobelle, and his brother was scientist William H. Dobelle. He resides with his long-time wife, Kit. They have one son.

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