Danel W. Bachman was born in Twin Falls, Idaho. He received a BS from BYU and his MS from Purdue University. He taught in the Church Education System for 38 years. He was an instructor at the Logan, Utah Institute of Religion for 22 years. He led several CES and BYU travel study tours to the Holy Land. He co-directed a BYU semester abroad and two summer terms in the Holy Land.
Dan served in a temple presidency at the Logan, Utah temple and went on to be a mission president.