Howard Wesley Johnson (July 2, 1922 – December 12, 2009) was an American educator. He served as dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management between 1959 and 1966, president of MIT between 1966 and 1971, and chairman of the MIT Corporation (the university's board of trustees) from 1971 to 1983.[1] He was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.[2][3]
Howard Wesley Johnson | |
|---|---|
| 12th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| In office 1966–1971 | |
| Preceded by | Julius Adams Stratton |
| Succeeded by | Jerome Wiesner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 2, 1922 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | December 12, 2009 (aged 87) Lexington, Massachusetts |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Business management |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Education and early career
editJohnson graduated in 1943 with a bachelor's degree in business from Central College in Chicago. He served in the Army in Europe during World War II, and returned to earn a master's degree in economics at the University of Chicago, where he taught from 1948 to 1955. He joined the MIT faculty as an associate professor of management in 1955.[1]
Selected works
edit- Holding the Center: Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education, MIT Press, 2001. ISBN 0-262-60044-7
References
edit- ^ a b Dennis Hevesi, "Howard W. Johnson, 87, M.I.T. President," The New York Times, December 22, 2009, p. B11.
- ^ "Howard Wesley Johnson". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
