Alan J. Dixon

A Senator from Illinois. Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill. , July 7, 1927. Attended the public schools. Graduated, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1949. Graduated, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Mo. , 1949. Served in the United States Navy Air Corps 1945. Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1949 and commenced practice in Belleville. Elected police magistrate 1949. Member, Illinois house of representatives 1951-1963. Member, Illinois senate 1963-1971, serving as a minority whip 1964-1970. Illinois treasurer 1971-1977. Illinois secretary of State 1977-1981. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1980. Reelected in 1986 and served from January 3, 1981, to January 3, 1993. Defeated for renomination in 1992. Chairman, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, 1994-1995. Law partner in St. Louis, Mo. Was a resident of Fairview Heights, Ill. , until his death on July 6, 2014. Interment in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, Ill.