JPDixon

James P. Dixon graduated from Antioch College in 1939 and earned his medical degree from Harvard in 1943. Kellogg and Rockefeller Foundation fellowships in public health administration led to a master's in hospital administration from Columbia in 1947. In 1948 he entered the public health field as director of Denver General Hospital and in 1952 was made health commissioner for the city of Philadelphia. Dixon's presidency transformed Antioch from a small liberal arts college into the diverse, national multi-campus institution that became Antioch University in 1978. He served several US presidents as an advisor on national health issues, including drug abuse, social security, and health education. After his Antioch presidency, Dixon taught at the School of Public Health Administration at the University of North Carolina.