John Elvin Dixon

Background

Dixon, John Elvin was born on March 23, 1927 in Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Son of Ned Elvin and Marjorie May (Whipple) Dixon.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Mech., Oregon State University, 1951; Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering, University Idaho, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, 1979.

Career

Instructor agricultural engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1951-1954; instructor agricultural engineering, U. Idaho, Moscow, 1954-1957; assistant professor, U. Idaho, Moscow, 1957-1964; associate professor, U. Idaho, Moscow, 1964-1979; director professional advisory service, U. Idaho, Moscow, 1970-1972; professor, U. Idaho, Moscow, 1979-1990; professor emeritus, U. Idaho, Moscow, since 1990. Agricultural engineering advisor A.P. Agricultural U., Hyderabad, India, 1967-1969. Agricultural engineering consultant Pragma Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia, Cairo, 1984.

Agricultural engineering consultant Consortium for International Development, Tuscon, Arizona and Yemen, 1990. Visiting professor Egerton U., Kenya, 1990-1991.

Achievements

• John Elvin Dixon has been listed as a noteworthy Agricultural engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member American Society Agricultural Engineers (board directors 1983-1985), American Society for Engineering.Edn., NSPE, Idaho Society Professional Engineers, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Epsilon, Gamma Sigma Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, swimming, travelling.

Connections

Married Winifred Augusta Powers, June 18, 1948. Children: Jeffery Alan, Pauline Ellen Dixon Scheurman Martin.

Father:

Ned Elvin Dixon

Mother:

Marjorie May (Whipple) Dixon

Spouse:

Winifred Augusta Powers

child:

Pauline Ellen Dixon Scheurman Martin Dixon

child:

Jeffery Alan Dixon