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Dixon, Daniel, 1925-2009

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 - 2009

Parallel Names

  • Dixon, Daniel Rhodes

Biography

Daniel Rhodes Dixon (1925-2009) was a writer and marketing director.

Daniel Rhodes Dixon was born to photographer Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn Lange and painter, Lafayette Maynard Dixon, on May 15, 1925, in San Francisco, California. He married Mariella Voorhees on August 25, 1979, in Minden, Nevada. Daniel and his younger brother John Eaglefeather Dixon were the subjects of a 2010 documentary, "Child of Giants: My Journey with Maynard Dixon and Dorothea Lange." Daniel was a successful writer for magazines, political campaigns, and in marketing, including working on advertising campaigns for Volkswagen. He died on July 9, 2009, in Charleston, Pennsylvania.

Citation:
Find a Grave, via www, accessed March 7, 2024 (Writer for magazines and political campaigns; born to photographer Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn Lange and painter, Lafayette Maynard Dixon, on May 15, 1925, in San Francisco, California; died on July 9, 2009, in Charleston, Pennsylvania)

is career ranged from writing articles for such publications as Pageant, Life, and Look Magazines to advertising for agencies that included Carson & Roberts and Doyle Dane Bernbach, rising to creative director marketing companies in the 1980s; wrote campaigns for Volkswagen

The thunderbird remembered, c1994:p. 11 (Daniel Dixon) p. 111 (b. 1925; Maynard Dixon's eldest son; this collaboration is his first published book)

Child of giants, 2010:appears preceding end credits (Daniel Rhodes Dixon ; May 15, 1925-July 9, 2009)

FamilySearch, accessed March 7, 2024, (married Mariella Voorhees on August 25, 1979, in Minden, Nevada) https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K23T-MRQ/daniel-rhodes-dixon-1925-2009

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Interviews with John Eaglefeather Dixon and Daniel Rhodes Dixon

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239135558]
Identifier: MSS 9635
Scope and Contents Transcripts of interviews with John Eaglefeather Dixon and Daniel Rhodes Dixon, conducted by Diana Turnbow and April Chabries. Also includes seven DVDs containing the interview recordings. These interviews are separated into four transcript sections. Section 1 and 2 are interviews of John Dixon on July 22 and July 23 in Walnut Creek, California, with typed transcripts on pages of 1-51 and pages 1-21. Section 3 includes additional material with John Dixon that are not included on the DVD,...
Dates: 2003 July 22-24