Background
Dixon, Robert Galloway was born on April 24, 1920 in Canajoharie, New York, United States. Son of Robert Galloway and Ruth Beverly (Spencer) Dixon.
Dixon, Robert Galloway was born on April 24, 1920 in Canajoharie, New York, United States. Son of Robert Galloway and Ruth Beverly (Spencer) Dixon.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Syracuse University, 1943, Doctor of Philosophy, 1947. Ford Foundation Faculty fellow, Stanford, 1951-1952. Juris Doctor with highest honors, George Washington University, 1956.
Instructor to associate professor government and politics U. Maryland., 1946-1956. Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1956. Associate professor of law George Washington University, 1956-1960, professor of law, 1960-1975.
Assistant attorney general Office of Legal Counsel, Justice Department, 1973-1974.
Daniel Noyes Kirby professor of law Washington University, Saint Louis, 1975-1980. Visiting professor law University of Virginia, 1980.
Consultant Constitutional Convs.
New York, 1966-1967, Pennsylvania, 1967, Maryland., 1968, Illinois, 1970, National Commision on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws, 1969-1971. Consultant National Endowment for Humanities, 1975-1980, National Science Foundation, 1979-1980.
Member of advisory board for improving management in government Committee for Economics Development, 1970-1972. Council member Administrative Conference of the United States, 1973-1974, conference member, 1974-1980.
Advisor United States Civil Service Commission, 1976-1978.
Special lecturer Princeton, 1968, Southwestern Legal Foundation, Southern Methodist University, 1968, 71, Cornell Univercity, Brigham Young University, 1975, U. Missouri, 1978. Organizer, chairman, moderator lecture series, 1978-1979, subsequently public in Washington University Law Quarterly.
Member American (member of council administrative law section 1975-1978), Federal (former.
Married Claire Bracken, July 31, 1948. Children: Janet, Barbara, Laurie.