Dixie L. Leavitt

Dixie L. Leavitt (born August 27, 1929) is an American entrepreneur and state legislator who served as a Republican member of the Utah State House of Representatives and Senate from 1963 to 1976, and from 1989 to 1992 from Utah's 24th house district and 11th and 29th senate districts. He is the founder of the Leavitt Group, one of the largest independent insurance brokerages in the nation, and is the father of former Utah governor Mike Leavitt. Early life and family Dixie L. Leavitt was born in St. George, Utah, and raised in the town of Bunkerville, in the state of Nevada. He attended Virgin Valley High School, where he served as student body president and was an all-state basketball player. After high school, Dixie went to Branch Agricultural College (BAC) in Cedar City, Utah, where he was yearbook editor and student body president, and became the institution's first student to letter all four years in both football and track. He married Anne Okerlund in 1950. Dixie and his wife Ann reared a family of six sons. Michael O. Leavitt: Former Secretary of Health and Human Services, Administrator of the EPA and governor of Utah. Dane Leavitt Mark Leavitt Eric Leavitt David O. Leavitt: former Juab County Attorney Matthew Leavitt