Julian C. Dixon

Infobox_Congressman
name = Julian C. Dixon


date of birth = August 8, 1934
place of birth = Washington, D.C.
date of death = death date and age|2000|12|8|1934|8|8
place of death = Los Angeles, California
state = California
district = 28th and 32nd
term_start = January 3, 1979
term_end = December 8, 2000
preceded = Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
succeeded = Diane Watson
party = Democrat
spouse =
children =
religion =

Julian Carey Dixon (August 8, 1934 – December 8, 2000) was an American politician from the state of California.

Dixon was born in Washington D.C. and served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1960. He graduated from California State University, Los Angeles. He was elected to the California State Assembly as a Democrat in 1972, and served in that body for three terms. Dixon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1978. He chaired the rules committee at the 1984 Democratic National Convention and the ethics probe into Speaker Jim Wright. Dixon won re-election to the 107th United States Congress, but died of a heart attack in December 2000.

The busy 7th St/Metro Center transfer station for the Red, Purple, and Blue Lines in downtown Los Angeles is named after Dixon, with a plaque commemorating his role in obtaining the federal funding that enabled construction of the Metro Rail system. His alma mater, Southwestern University School of Law, in 2004 opened the Julian C. Dixon Courtroom and Advocacy Center in the famed Bullocks Wilshire building. The Culver City branch of the Los Angeles County Library is also named in his honor.

Dixon was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6812301 Julian Dixon's Gravesite]