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In 1973, Donald Dewar pioneered the introduction of quality circles in the United States. In 1988, he was selected to serve as an examiner for the newly created Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (the United States equivalent to Japan's famed Deming Prize). He is a fellow in the American Society for Quality and in 2002 was honored with their Distinguished Service Medal. Don has spoken to thousands of people in hundreds of sessions in 25 nations worldwide, and he has authored or collaborated on nearly 300 articles and papers, 46 books and produced 97 training videos. Three of his books have sold over one million copies each. He has spoken before the prestigious Commonwealth Club in California and has keynoted several national and international conferences. He was selected to write the quality circle story for the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology.

He has implemented employee involvement, quality circles, self-managed work teams, lean operations, quality control, statistical process control and others in hundreds of organizations throughout the world. His techniques are being implemented by representatives in several countries throughout the world. His materials are in the following languages:

English, French, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, Spanish, Turkish, Norwegian and German.

Don's MBA is from Santa Clara University, and he has an extensive background in industrial engineering, manufacturing, quality control, finance, industrial relations and marketing.

During 1977, Don co-founded the Association for Quality and Participation (formerly the International Association of Quality Circles), and served as its president for three terms. He has also been involved in several professional and charitable organizations, has been president in some of them, and has been in a number of leadership positions with others.

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