Henry Aldous Dixon

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Henry Aldous Dixon

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 1st district
In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1961
Preceded by	Douglas R. Stringfellow
Succeeded by	M. Blaine Peterson
Personal details
Born	(1890-06-29)June 29, 1890 Provo, Utah
Died	January 22, 1967(1967-01-22) (aged 76) Ogden, Utah
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Brigham Young University
Occupation	College President
Religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Henry Aldous Dixon (June 29, 1890 – January 22, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Utah and president of Weber College and Utah State Agricultural College.

Biography

Born in Provo, Utah County, Utah, Dixon attended the public schools until high school, when he attended private Brigham Young High School, from which he graduated in 1909. He graduated from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in 1914, from the University of Chicago in 1917, and from the University of Southern California in 1937.

Career

Dixon was an instructor at Weber College from 1914 to 1918, and served as the college's president twice, in 1919–1920 and 1937–1953. Between these presidential terms, he served as superintendent of Provo city schools from 1920–1924 and again in 1932-1937. Between these two terms as superintendent, from 1924 to 1932, Dixon was managing vice president of Farmers & Merchants Bank. During his second term as president of Weber College, he was a member of the President's Commission on Higher Education (1946–1948), a member of the board of directors of Salt Lake Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (1945–1951), and director of the Association of Junior Colleges (1950–1954).

After heading Weber College, he became president of Utah State Agricultural College (which later became Utah State University) at Logan, Utah from August 1953 to December 1954.

Dixon was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fourth, Eighty-fifth, and Eighty-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1961). He did not seek renomination in 1960.

Later activities

Dixon taught at Brigham Young University, his alma mater, until 1965.

He died in Ogden, Utah, January 22, 1967 and was interred in Washington Heights Memorial Park.

Source

Henry Aldous Dixon at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Academic offices
Preceded by Owen F. Beal	President of Weber Normal College 1919 – 1920	Succeeded by Joel E. Ricks
Preceded by Leland W. Creer	President of Weber College 1937 – 1953	Succeeded by William P. Miller
Preceded by Louis Linden Madsen	President of Utah State Agricultural College 1953 – 1954	Succeeded by Daryl Chase

v t e Utah State University presidents

Sanborn Paul Tanner Kerr Widtsoe Peterson Harris Madsen Dixon Chase Taggart Cazier Emert Hall Albrecht

Members of the United States House of Representatives from Utah

Territorial (1851–1895)

One At-large seat (1895–1913)

Two At-large seats (1913–1915)

Seat	Howell

Seat	Johnson

Districts (1915–present)

1st district	Howell Welling Colton Murdock Granger Stringfellow Dixon Peterson Burton McKay Hansen Bishop

2nd district	Mays Leatherwood Loofbourow Robinson Dawson Bosone Dawson D. King Lloyd D. King Lloyd Owens Howe Marriott Monson Owens Shepherd Greene Waldholtz Cook Matheson Stewart

3rd district	Nielson Orton C. Cannon Chaffetz

4th district	Matheson

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Persondata
Name	Dixon, Henry Aldous
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	June 29, 1890
Place of birth	Provo, Utah
Date of death	January 22, 1967
Place of death	Ogden Ogden

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