William S. Dix
Education and early career
Education and early career
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Dix received his bachelor's degree from the [University of Virginia](/wiki/University_of_Virginia "University of Virginia") in 1931 and his M.A. in English from that same university a year later. He began his career at the Darlington School for Boys in Georgia, where he taught English for seven years. He taught at several other schools, eventually landing at [Harvard University](/wiki/Harvard_University "Harvard University"), where he taught for a year while finishing his doctorate in American literature at the [University of Chicago](/wiki/University_of_Chicago "University of Chicago").Tuttle, H. W. (Ed.) (1993\) World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (Vols. 3\). American Library Association. 

In 1947, Dix became an English instructor at the Rice Institute (which is now [Rice University](/wiki/Rice_University "Rice University")) in Houston, Texas. A year later, he accepted the additional responsibilities of directing the school's library. By the time he left Rice in 1953 to head the library at Princeton University, Dix was an associate professor of English and librarian. Some of Dix’s most notable contributions to the field of librarianship were during his 22 years at Princeton, culminating in his service as president of the ALA from 1969\-1970\.


Why was Dix leaving Rice in 1953?