TUCKER, Ga. — Don Dalton, retired president of U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, died Monday, Jan. 19, at his home in Mayflower, Ark.
As a leader in the poultry industry in the 1970s, Dalton was vice president and general manager of Valmac Industries, a broiler processor in Arkansas, later acquired by Tyson Foods. During those years he served on the board of directors of what was then Southeastern Poultry & Egg Association, now U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY). He was elected chairman in 1978.
In 1989, Dalton joined the staff of the association as vice president of government. . .