N'oge ntorobịa ya, Dean chọrọ ndụmọdụ na ọbụbụenyi nke onye ụkọchukwu Methodist mpaghara, Rev. James DeWeerd, onye yiri ka ọ nwere mmetụta na-akpụzi Dean, ọkachasị na ọdịmma ya n'ọdịnihu na ọgụ ehi, ịgba ọsọ ụgbọ ala, na ihe nkiri na UCLA. Dịka Billy J. Harbin si kwuo, Dean nwere "mmekọrịta chiri anya na pastọ ya, nke malitere n'afọ ikpeazụ ya nke ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ma na-adịgide ruo ọtụtụ afọ".
James Whitmore