Henry Aldous Dixon
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromUtah's1st district
In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1961
Preceded by	Douglas R. Stringfellow
Succeeded by	M. Blaine Peterson
Personal details
Born	Henry Aldous Dixon (1890-06-29)June 29, 1890 Provo,Utah Territory
Died	January 22, 1967(1967-01-22) (aged 76) Ogden, Utah, U.S.
Resting place	Washington Heights Memorial Park
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Brigham Young University University of Chicago University of Southern California
Occupation	College President

Henry Aldous Dixon (June 29, 1890 – January 22, 1967) was an American businessman and academic administrator who served three terms as aU.S. Representative fromUtah from 1955 to 1961.

He was also the president of firstWeber College and laterUtah State Agricultural College.

Born inProvo in theUtah Territory, Dixon attended the public schools until high school, when he attended privateBrigham Young High School, from which he graduated in 1909. He graduated fromBrigham Young University,Provo, Utah, in 1914, from theUniversity of Chicago in 1917, and from theUniversity of Southern California in 1937.^[1]

Dixon was an instructor at Weber College, which later becameWeber State University, from 1914 to 1918, and served as the college's president twice, in 1919–1920 and 1937–1953. Between these presidential terms, he served assuperintendent 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 and Merchants Bank.^[1][2] During his second term as president of Weber College, he was a member of thePresident's Commission on Higher Education (1946–1948), a member of the board of directors of Salt Lake Branch of theFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (1945–1951), and director of theAssociation of Junior Colleges (1950–1954).

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

In 1954,Republican 1st District CongressmanDouglas R. Stringfellow was forced to retire from Congress after only one term after it emerged he had lied about both his service record inWorld War II and his educational history. Dixon was asked to replace Stringfellow on the ballot only 16 days before the election and won. He served in theEighty-fourth,Eighty-fifth, andEighty-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1961). He did not seek renomination in 1960.

Dixon voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1957 and1960.^[3][4]

Dixon taught atBrigham Young University, his alma mater, until 1965.

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

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