  Some of the featured results of the Dubna-Mainz-Taipei (DMT) dynamical model
for $\pi N$ scattering and $\pi^0$ electromagnetic production are summarized.
These include results for threshold $\pi^0$ production, deformation of
$\Delta(1232)$, and the extracted properties of higher resonances below 2 GeV.
The excellent agreement of DMT model's predictions with threshold $\pi^0$
production data, including the recent precision measurements from MAMI
establishes results of DMT model as a benchmark for experimentalists and
theorists in dealing with threshold pion production.
