Addie Collins Johnson

Background

Johnson, Addie Collins Daughter of Stewart and Willa (Shamell) Collins.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Howard U., 1956; Master of Education, Framingham State College, Massachusetts, 1967.

Career

Dietitian, Boston Lying-In Hospital, 1957-1961; dietitian Diet Heart Study,, Harvard University School Public Health, Boston, 1962-1963; teacher, Foxboro (Massachusetts) Public School, since 1967; dietitian, School Medicine Boston University, 1975-1977; dietitian, Westinghouse Health Systems, Boston faculty, Department Nursing Boston State College, 1979-1982. Nutrition consultant Head Start program Westinghouse School, Boston, 1979-1982. Instructor department nursing U. Massachusetts, since 1981, Bridgewater (Massachusetts) State College, since 1982.

Member state advisory county Department Education Bureau Nutrition Education, 1981-1983. Participant National Science Foundation Project Seed, 1992. Chairman education committee Consumer Credit Counseling Superior vena cava syndrome of Massachusetts, Inc.

Achievements

• Addie Collins Johnson has been listed as a noteworthy Secondary education educator, dietitian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Norfolk-Bristol County Home Health Association, Walpole, Massachusetts, 1975-1978. Presenter National Social Studies Association, Boston, 1984-1985. Instructor/trainer health services education American Red Cross, 1987-1990.

Member American Association of University Women, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life), American Dietetic Association, American Home Economics Association, Eastern Massachusetts Home Economics Association (board directors 1978), Massachusetts Teachers Association (higher education committee 1984-1987), Society Nutrition Education, Massachusetts State Department Education (advisory board since 1995), Consumer Credit Counseling Svc. (board chair education committee 1998), Delta Kappa Gamma (journalist Iota chapter 1986-1988, membership committee 1988-1992, vice president 1994, president Iota chapter 1996-1998), Delta Sigma Theta.

Interests

• Avocations: travelling, bicycling.

Connections

Married John Q. Johnson, September 6, 1958 (deceased August 1991). 1 child, Parker.

Father:

Stewart Collins

Mother:

Willa (Shamell) Collins

Spouse:

John Q. Johnson

child:

Parker Johnson