Vincent William Dinan

It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of our patriarch, Vincent (Bill) William Dinan Jr. He was born April 29, 1942, to Vincent and Winifred Dinan, in Malden, Mass., and died after a two-year battle with kidney cancer on August 18, 2022. He lived a large and exciting life. He left high school to serve his country in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving first in Europe, the Caribbean, the U.S., and then Vietnam. His exposure to Agent Orange and the contaminated water of Camp Lejeune during his service was the probable cause of many health problems, including his final cancer. After the war, he earned his BS degree in economics with high honors at Bentley College, in Waltham, Mass. He enjoyed an adventurous and fulfilling career as an auditor and organizational management consultant working throughout the world. His many professional accomplishments began with government auditing for the GAO in Boston, then auditing and management supervision for the Fluor Corp. in Saudi Arabia and California. In Milwaukee, he was CH2M Hill’s chief financial and administrative officer of the $2.2 billion “deep tunnel” water pollution abatement project, as well as fulfilling multiple roles for the firm’s first Superfund program for the EPA. In Chicago, he served as CFO, VP and treasurer for Envirodyne Engineers, Inc. Again working for CH2M Hill, he served as corporate administrative manager in Denver and then as deputy project director for a USAID environmental restoration program in Moscow and Kazakhstan, where he also later served as consultant for a USAID contractor, and strengthened internal overseas financial controls for a medical nonprofit organization. Back in Saudi Arabia, he served as organizational advisor for Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, developing corporate policies and procedures and resolving complex management issues within its 16 manufacturing companies. In his last overseas employment in 2004, after the second Iraq War, he was a USAID Oil for Food advisor to the Iraq government in Baghdad. He worked principally in the area of contract management for the Ministry of Electricity, and developed a training program in procurement and contracts management that was later extended to other ministries by USAID. He “retired” to a house overlooking the forest and ocean on the remote coast of Machias Port, Maine. While living there, he served as EVP and COO for a prominent civil engineering and architectural consulting firm. He also worked for the Maine Electoral Commission, developing procedures for auditing the fundraising and expenditures of political candidates in Maine gubernatorial and other elections. Illness prompted his move to Wales and Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 2021, where he enjoyed spending time with family. Bill was a cultured man, constantly reading, and in addition to business, enjoyed politics, art, opera, and live theater. He also was an avid sports fan, rooting for the Red Sox, Patriots, Cardinals, Bruins, and others. He was generous with family and took his nieces and nephews to Brewers and Cubs games, the Art Institute of Chicago, operas, plays, and more. He was always willing to listen, give practical business advice, and chat about sports and family. He is survived by sister, Jerilyn Ange; brother, Stephen (Joan) Dinan; nephews, Greg (Sheila) and Chris Ange, and David and Mark (Fabiola) Dinan; nieces, Rebecca Dinan and Kiersten Pelletier; John Schneider; Jennifer Schmidt; cousins, Doug (Monica) and Janet Campbell (Dennis Adams); great-nephews and -nieces; and friends, especially Charyl Burke, Sherry Hews and James Muise. All will miss him greatly and remember his love and concern for them.