Henry Aldous DIXON, Congress, UT (1890-1967)

DIXON Henry Aldous , a Representative from Utah; born in Provo, Utah County, Utah, June 29, 1890; attended the public schools; was 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; instructor at Weber College 1914-1918, president in 1919 and 1920 and 1937-1953; superintendent of Provo city schools 1920-1924 and 1932-1937; managing vice president of Farmers & Merchants Bank 1924-1932; member of President's Commission on Higher Education 1946-1948; member, board of directors, Salt Lake Branch of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 1945-1951; director, Association of Junior Colleges, 1950-1954; president of Utah State University at Logan from August 1953 to December 1954; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fourth, Eighty-fifth, and Eighty-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1961); did not seek renomination in 1960; instructor at Brigham Young University until 1965; died in Ogden, Utah, January 22, 1967; interment in Washington Heights Memorial Park.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present