Arthur J. Dixon, CPA, was managing partner of Oppenheim, Appel, Dixon and Co. He led the tax department, which was renowned as a creative force in the field of securities taxation. When he became managing partner, Dixon transformed the company from a local to a national firm.

Dixon joined the Society in 1948 and actively participated in it and the American Institute of CPAs. He served as director, vice president and president of the Society (1974-1975) as well as chair of the NYSSCPA Federal Tax Committee.

Arthur J. Dixon, CPA, was managing partner of Oppenheim, Appel, Dixon and Co. He led the tax department, which was renowned as a creative force in the field of securities taxation. When he became managing partner, Dixon transformed the company from a local to a national firm.

Dixon joined the Society in 1948 and actively participated in it and the American Institute of CPAs. He served as director, vice president and president of the Society (1974-1975) as well as chair of the NYSSCPA Federal Tax Committee.

In 1980, the Society presented him with its Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes CPAs who have distinguished themselves as leaders and have given outstanding service to the Society and the profession through publications, public service and other activities. In his name, the Society created the Arthur J. Dixon Award, the highest award given by the accounting profession in the area of public service.

Dixon graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1942. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946. In 1949 he received his juris doctor's degree cum laude from the New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the law review.

His positions in philanthropic organizations included vice president, trustee and chairman of the Distribution Committee of the Jewish Philanthropies of New York, trustee for the Jewish Communal Fund and director of the NYU Law Alumni Association.