Dixon Ryan Fox

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Dixon Ryan Fox (born 1887, Potsdam, New York; died 1945) was an American educator, researcher, and president of Union College from 1934-45.

Fox graduated from New York University, [1] where he was a member of the Andiron Club. [2] He taught at Columbia University from 1912 to the mid 1930's.

Fox's publications have been reprinted due to their prescient nature- including "The Decline of Aristocracy in the Politics of New York (1919, repr. 1971); a biography of Herbert L. Osgood (his father-in-law); and "Yankees and Yorkers" (1940, 1989). With Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., he was editor of the “A History of American Life” series. The Completion of Independence, 1790–1830, (1944, repr. 1971, 1996).[3] His academic work focused on social history and American social, political and economic elite and power structures, especially as it relates to immigration, ethnic conflict and national identity. [4]