Bruce W. Dixon Papers, 1906-2013

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Summary

Creator:
Dixon, Bruce Wayne, 1939-2013
Abstract:
Contains the personal papers of Bruce Wayne Dixon (1939-2013), former Duke Internal Medicine chief resident, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine professor, head of the Allegheny County Health Department, and community health expert. Types of materials include photographs, memorials and tributes, articles, a silver bowl awarded to Dixon at Duke for teaching excellence, and other types of materials documenting his career in medicine. Materials date from 1906 to 2013.
Extent:
1.25 Linear Feet (1 half box, 1 flat box, 1 card box)
Collection ID:
MC.0160

Background

Scope and content:

Contains the personal papers of Bruce Wayne Dixon (1939-2013), former Duke Internal Medicine chief resident, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine professor, head of the Allegheny County Health Department, and community health expert. Types of materials include articles; photographs; memorials and tributes; and professional materials pertaining to his career in medicine such as his North Carolina Medical License, diploma from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the letter awarding Dixon with the Memorial Prize in 1965 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The collection also includes a silver bowl awarded to Dixon for teaching excellence at Duke, as well as a painting of the Schwab mansion in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Dixon bought the mansion and spent 25 years restoring the home. Materials date from 1906-2013.

Biographical / historical:

Bruce Wayne Dixon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Bruce and Louise Dixon in 1939. He attended the University of Pittsburgh on a Greek and Latin scholarship, graduating in 1961 with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine with a medical degree in 1965.
After medical school, Dixon did an internship at Duke University School of Medicine, a year of residency back in Pittsburgh, and served two years in Vietnam as an Air Force Doctor. In 1970, Dixon returned to Duke where he became the chief resident in Internal Medicine.
In 1975, Dixon returned to Pittsburgh to take a faculty job at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and to be closer to his aging parents. Along with teaching, Dixon had a long career in public health. In 1979, he began consulting for Allegheny County's Health Department's Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic one day a week. By the mid-1980s, Dixon's workload increased to three days because of the AIDS epidemic. He eventually became the head of the sexually transmitted disease program. In 1992, Dixon became the Health Department Director when the position became open. He stayed in this position until 2012.
Throughout his career, Dixon lectured on community health issues. He was known as a champion for health care for Pittsburgh's disadvantaged. Dixon's interest in health care for minorities was spurred by his time at Duke where he saw the lasting ramifications of racism in the South. He was also an expert on drug abuse treatment, anthrax poisoning, and viral epidemics.
Dixon's hobbies included collecting skipper butterflies; restoring vintage cars; and restoring his home, the Schwab mansion, in Braddock, Pennsylvania.
Dixon died on February 20, 2013 at the age of 74 from a blood infection. Dixon never married and did not have any children.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2016.055 (gift by Norma Lester, December 2016)
Processing information:

Processed by Lucy Waldrop, December 2016

Arrangement:
The materials in the collection are arranged into one series: Personal Papers, 1906-2013
Rules or conventions:
DACS

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Personal Name(s):
Dixon, Bruce Wayne, 1939-2013
Corporate Name(s):
University of Pittsburgh.
University of Pittsburgh. School of Medicine
Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. School of Medicine
Topical Term(s):
Public Health.

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Boilerplate Copyright Notice: Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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[Identification of item], Bruce W. Dixon Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.