Arrington Dixon is a local politician who served on the District of Columbia City Council as a Representative of Ward 4, Chairman, and an At-Large Member. Dixon was born in Washington, DC on December 3, 1942. He attended Birney Elementary, Douglass Junior High School, and McKinley Technical High School where he participated in the Cadet Corps program. Dixon went on to attend college at Howard University where he studied economic statistics, math, and physics; and participated in the Air Force ROTC. He transferred to the Air Force Academy for a short time, but returned to Howard following the 1964 death of his brother James W. Dixon, Jr., who served in the United States Air Force. After his graduation in 1966, Dixon worked for various institutions as a computer/systems analyst and educator. He ran for the Ward 5 Board of Education seat in 1968, which he ultimately lost. In 1972, Dixon earned a law degree from George Washington University. He ran for the then-newly established DC City Council in 1974, serving as Ward 4 Representative from 1975 to 1979, City Council Chairman from 1979 to 1982, and later for a brief period of time as an At-Large Member in 1997. Dixon was also involved with the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission and a number of other community groups such as the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, the National Capital Planning Commission, and DC Citizens for Better Public Education. Dixon married future District of Columbia Mayor Sharon Pratt (Kelly) in 1966. Their marriage ended in 1982. Dixon and Kelly have two children, Aimee and Drew. Since serving as an elected official, Dixon founded Arrington Dixon and Associates, Inc. (ADAI) a professional consulting and public liaison service.