Background
Dixon, James Payson was born on March 15, 1917 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Son of James Payson and Mary (Russell) Dixon.
Dixon, James Payson was born on March 15, 1917 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Son of James Payson and Mary (Russell) Dixon.
Bachelor of Science, Antioch College, 1939; Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1943; Master of Science, Columbia, 1947.
Intern, Boston City Hospital, 1944; fellow, Will Keith Kellogg Foundation, 1945-1946; fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, 1946-1947; medical director, Denver General Hospital, 1947-1948; associate professor preventive medicine and public health, U. Colorado manager health and hospitals, Denver, 1948-1952; professor public health and preventive medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1952-1959; commissioner health, Philadelphia, 1952-1959; president, Antioch College, 1959-1975; visiting professor, School Public Health, U. North Carolina, 1976-1977; clinical professor, School Public Health, U. North Carolina, 1977-1988; professor, chair health services, Walden U., 1978-1992. Interim president Eastern Virginia Medical Authority, 1978-1979.
Overseer College of Virgin Islands. Trustee Goddard College, Institute for Policy Studies. Served from surgeon to medical director United States Public Health Service, 1952-1954.
Assistant director clin.center National Institutes of Health.
Married Edla Denton Mills, August 31,1941. Children— Linn, Russell M., Pamela, Deborah, Donna, Peter C.