Alcee Labranche Johnson

Background

Johnson, Alcee Labranche was born on July 22, 1905 in Fernwood, Mississippi, United States. Son of Jonas Edward and Bertha (LaBranche) Johnson.

Education

Student Alcorn College, 1925. Bachelor of Arts, Fisk University, 1927. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1956.

Postgraduate University Southern California, 1962.

Hum.D. (honorary), Mississippi Baptist Seminary, 1972.

Career

Instructor, Prentiss (Mississippi) Institute Junior College, 1927-1930, director instruction, 1931-1936, 37-71, president, 1971-1981, president emeritus, since 1981. Mississippi state supervisor Survey Vocational Education and Guidance, Office Education, Department Interior, Washington, 1936-1937. Chairman board directors State Mutual Federal Savings & Loan Association.

Institute representative Heifer Project, Incorporated.

Achievements

• Alcee Labranche Johnson has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Mississippi Regional Medical Program, Merit Commission Mississippi Economic Council, Phelps-Stokes Fund Conference Education Leaders. Member Mississippi Probation and Parole Board, 1972-1976. Member Voters League, since 1964, past president

Member American (life), Mississippi (past president), 6th District (past president) teachers associations, National Education Association (life), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (local coordinator), Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi chambers commerce, Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Delta Kappa.

Member Church of Christ (trustee).

Connections

Married Thelma M. Wethers, December 25, 1931. Children– Joyce Johnson Bolden, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Wethers.

Father:

Jonas Edward Johnson

Mother:

Bertha (LaBranche) Johnson

Spouse:

Thelma M. Wethers

child:

First Rate (at Lloyd's) Wethers Johnson

child:

Joyce Johnson Bolden Johnson