He graduated from Wayne State University’s school of medicine located in Detroit, Michigan. His postgraduate training was done at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center with specialization in allergy and immunology at the Tripler Army Medical Center. He and his wife Karma have three children and two grandchildren with twins on the way. Dane got to know Mitt when they were missionaries in France for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and worked together at the Mission Home in Paris in 1968. They were also good friends at Brigham Young University after leaving France.