Henry Aldous Dixon was born in Provo, Utah on June 29, 1890. He graduated from the LDS High School in Salt Lake, received an A.B. degree from  Brigham Young University in 1914, and an M.A. degree from the University of Chicago in 1917. He served an LDS mission to Germany from 1910-1912. He married Louise Knowlden in 1915, and had six children. Dixon was a faculty member of Weber Academy from 1914-1919. After one year as president, he left Weber to work in educational and business capacities in Provo, Utah. He served as Superintendent of Provo City Schools from 1920-1924, Vice President of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, Director of the Provo Chamber of Commerce, Director and President of the Timpanogos Marketing Association, 1924-1932, and as superintendent of schools from 1932-1937. He obtained a Doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California in 1937. From 1937-1953 he served as President of Weber College. During his tenure the college received national recognition for its technical division and war effort work and oversaw the beginning of the construction for the new college campus. In August 1953, Dixon accepted the position of President of the Utah State Agricultural College (Utah State University) in Logan. He left the position after 15 months to serve as a congressman for Utah's First Congressional District. He was elected in 1954 and served until 1960. After leaving congress, he taught educational philosophy at Brigham Young University. He died in Ogden on January 22, 1967.