Born in Core Creek near Beaufort, North Carolina, he was the son of David Owen and Margaret Ann Tillman Dickinson. As a young man he was a sailor on a square rigger for two years, before moving to Elizabeth, N. J., where he worked for the Singer Sewing Machine Co. while attending night high school. After being associated with the Saugerties Manufacturing Company, Dickinson and Maxwell Becton founded their surgical firm in New York in 1897, and moved it to Rutherford several years later. It soon became one of the largest surgical instrument manufacturing concerns in the U.S. On December 20th, 1916 he married Grace Bancroft Smith (1887–1973) in Rutherford, NJ and in 1919 they had a son, Fairleigh Dickinson, Jr. (1919–1996) who would eventually go on to run his father's company and become a New Jersey state senator.
During World War I, Dickinson was inducted into the United States Army Reserve as a lieutenant colonel, working with the Army Medical corps on supplying surgical instruments. In 1926 he was appointed a member of the War Department's business council with the rank of colonel. Colonel Dickinson was named chairman of the medical and surgical committees for the medical departments of both the Army and Navy in 1940 and was reappointed to the post in 1944.
From 1927 until his death, he was president of the Rutherford National Bank. He also was director of the American Surgical Trade Association for nineteen years and president of the Manufacturers Surgical Trade Association from 1919 to 1944. He was a charter member and past president of the Rutherford Rotary Club; a member of the Masons and the Knights Templar; and a member of the executive committees of the national and regional councils of the Boy Scouts of America. In 1938 he returned to his home town in North Carolina to build the Core Creek Community Church (now Core Creek United Methodist Church) and Social Center Community Clubhouse. [2]
In 1942, he used his wealth to found Fairleigh Dickinson College, which is today Fairleigh Dickinson University with four campuses, located in Madison/Florham Park, New Jersey; Teaneck/Hackensack, New Jersey; Wroxton, England; and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
^ ab"Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place". The New York Times. March 28, 2004. Consider the eclectic group at rest in Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst: the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Carlos Williams and both founders of the former industrial giant Becton-Dickinson, Maxwell Becton and Fairleigh Dickinson, for whom the New Jersey university is named.
^Col. Dickinson, 84, College Founder, Head of Surgical Instrument Firm in Rutherford Dies The New York Times June 24, 1948
fairleigh, dickinson, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, novem. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Fairleigh S Dickinson news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article is about the Becton Dickinson co founder For his son the New Jersey State Senator see Fairleigh Dickinson Jr Colonel Fairleigh Stanton Dickinson Sr August 22 1866 June 23 1948 was the co founder of the Fortune 500 medical technology company Becton Dickinson and the named benefactor of Fairleigh Dickinson University 1 Biography EditBorn in Core Creek near Beaufort North Carolina he was the son of David Owen and Margaret Ann Tillman Dickinson As a young man he was a sailor on a square rigger for two years before moving to Elizabeth N J where he worked for the Singer Sewing Machine Co while attending night high school After being associated with the Saugerties Manufacturing Company Dickinson and Maxwell Becton founded their surgical firm in New York in 1897 and moved it to Rutherford several years later It soon became one of the largest surgical instrument manufacturing concerns in the U S On December 20th 1916 he married Grace Bancroft Smith 1887 1973 in Rutherford NJ and in 1919 they had a son Fairleigh Dickinson Jr 1919 1996 who would eventually go on to run his father s company and become a New Jersey state senator During World War I Dickinson was inducted into the United States Army Reserve as a lieutenant colonel working with the Army Medical corps on supplying surgical instruments In 1926 he was appointed a member of the War Department s business council with the rank of colonel Colonel Dickinson was named chairman of the medical and surgical committees for the medical departments of both the Army and Navy in 1940 and was reappointed to the post in 1944 From 1927 until his death he was president of the Rutherford National Bank He also was director of the American Surgical Trade Association for nineteen years and president of the Manufacturers Surgical Trade Association from 1919 to 1944 He was a charter member and past president of the Rutherford Rotary Club a member of the Masons and the Knights Templar and a member of the executive committees of the national and regional councils of the Boy Scouts of America In 1938 he returned to his home town in North Carolina to build the Core Creek Community Church now Core Creek United Methodist Church and Social Center Community Clubhouse 2 In 1942 he used his wealth to found Fairleigh Dickinson College which is today Fairleigh Dickinson University with four campuses located in Madison Florham Park New Jersey Teaneck Hackensack New Jersey Wroxton England and Vancouver British Columbia Canada Dickinson was interred in Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst New Jersey 1 References Edit a b Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place The New York Times March 28 2004 Consider the eclectic group at rest in Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst the Pulitzer Prize winning poet William Carlos Williams and both founders of the former industrial giant Becton Dickinson Maxwell Becton and Fairleigh Dickinson for whom the New Jersey university is named Col Dickinson 84 College Founder Head of Surgical Instrument Firm in Rutherford Dies The New York Times June 24 1948External links Edit Biography portalFairleigh Stanton Dickinson Sr at Find a Grave This article about an American businessperson born in the 1860s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fairleigh S Dickinson amp oldid 1081138400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
