Dillon Spielman Turney (1915-1990) graduated from Fairfield High School in 1932 and from Iowa State University in 1937 with a degree in electrical engineering. He was employed by General Electric Co. in Schenectady. He was selected to work for the patent offince in Washington, D.C. Law schooling was interrupted during World War II when he served in the U.S. Navy Buerau of ships in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. He was retired as a lieutenant commander, and returned to law school at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he received a juris doctorate in 1943.
He returned to Schenectady to work in the GE patent office until he returned to Fairfield to open a general law practice in 1947.