Dirksen was succeeded by Douglas Major as Cathedral Organist and Choirmaster in 1988 and retired as Precentor in 1991.
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Dirksen was born in Freeport, Illinois, the eldest son of Richard Watson Dirksen and Maude Logemann.
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