Frank James James Dixon

Background

DIXON, Frank was born on March 9, 1920 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frank James and Rose Augusta (nee Kuhfeld) Dixon.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1941; Bachelor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1943; Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1944; Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical College Ohio, 1983; Doctor of Science (honorary), Washington University, 1992.

Career

Intern, United States Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1943-1944; research assistant department pathology, Harvard, 1946-1948; instructor department pathology, Washington University, 1948-1950; assistant professor, Washington University, 1950-1951; professor, department chairman pathology, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1951-1960; department chairman experimental pathology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California, 1961-1974; chairman biomedical research departments, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 1970-1974; director research institute, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 1974-1986; director emeritus, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, since 1987. Research associate department biology University of California, San Diego, 1961-1964, professor in residence department biology, 1965-1968, Adjunct Professor department pathology, 1968-1996. Science advisor National Institutes of Health, National Foundation, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, St. Jude's Medical Center, Christ Hospital Institute, Cincinnati.

Member expert advisory panel on immunology World Health Organization. Science advisory board National Kidney Foundation. Pahlavi lecturer Ministry ofSci. and Higher Technology, Iran, 1976: member of advisory committee Lupus Research Institute, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center, Irvington House Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Achievements

• Frank James Dixon has been listed as a noteworthy pathologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American College Allergists, American Academy Allergy, Royal College Pathologists (honorary). Member National Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences Western Association Physicians, Western Society Clinical Research, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Transplantation Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Academy Allergists, Interurban Pathological Society, Harvey Society (lecturer 1962), American Society Experimental Pathology (president 1966), American Association Immunologists (president 1972), American Association for Cancer Research, Association American Physicians, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Heart Association, Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, Federation American Scientists, International Academy Pathology, United States Academy Pathologists, Canada Academy Pathologists, Scandinavian Society for Immunology (honorary), Japanese Nephrology Society (honorary), Sigma Xi, Nu Sigma Nu, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Interests

• Running, tennis, art collecting.

Connections

Married Marion Edwards, March 14, 1946. Children: Janet Wynne, Frank, Michael.

Father:

Frank James Dixon

Mother:

Rose Augusta (Kuhfeld) Dixon

Spouse:

Marion Edwards

child:

Janet Wynne Dixon

child:

Michael Dixon

child:

Frank Dixon