1892–1965

Introduction

Born: Oc­tober 20, 1892, Kal­a­ma­zoo, Mi­chi­gan. His birth name was Har­old Loes. He took the mid­dle name Dix­on from Am­zi Dix­on, pas­tor of Moo­dy Church in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 9, 1965, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

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Biography

Harry was the son of Fred Loes and Lou­ise No­vak, and hus­band of Gar­net Le­on­ard (mar­ried 1924).

He stu­died at the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute, the Am­er­ican Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic, the Me­tro­po­li­tan School of Mu­sic, and the Chi­ca­go Mu­sic­al Col­lege.

From 1927–39, he served in mu­sic­al po­si­tions in Bapt­ist church­es in Ok­mul­gee and Mus­ko­gee, Ok­la­ho­ma.

From 1939 to re­tire­ment, he served on the mu­sic fa­cul­ty at the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute.

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