Background
Johnson, Burdette Austin was born on October 6, 1905 in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Joseph Austin and Annie Abbie (Shaw) Johnson.
consultant utilities executive
Johnson, Burdette Austin was born on October 6, 1905 in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Joseph Austin and Annie Abbie (Shaw) Johnson.
AB, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1927; degree in Advanced Utility Management, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1957.
Treasurer, White Mount Power Company, Meredith, N.H., 1929-1937;
with, Commonwealth Energy System, Cambridge, since 1937;
finance vice president, Commonwealth Energy System, Cambridge, 1958-1975;
member board of trustees, Commonwealth Energy System, Cambridge, 1975-1981;
officer and director, Commonwealth Energy System, Cambridge, 1949-1975;
consultant, Commonwealth Energy System, Cambridge, since 1981. Chairman USICO Insurance Company, Bermuda, 1968-1981. Director Delta Dental Insurance, Medford, Massachusetts, since 1975.
President New England Gas Association, Needham, Massachusetts, 1966-1967, Finance Executive Institute Boston, 1955-1956, Treasurer's Club of Boston.
Chairman and director American Congregational Association, Boston, since 1984. President Rotary International, Meredith, New Hampshire, 1935, Cambridge, 1975. Chairman Cambridge Partnership for Public Education, 1985.
President Cambridge Young Men’s Christian Association, 1973-1975. Member Finance Executives Institute (president, Boston treasurer), Harvard Club of Boston, Harvard Club of New York City, Masonic Organizations (chairman investment committee), Salvation Army (past chairman, Others award 1984), Harvard Faculty Club.
Married Helen Eunice Richardson, June 26, 1929 (deceased). Children: Burdette Austin Junior (deceased), Laurie Bertha McCanne.