Background
Johnson, Carolyn Elizabeth was born on May 29, 1921 in Oakland, California, United States. Daughter of Ferdinand Orin and Clara Wells (Humphrey) Hassler.
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Carolyn Elizabeth Johnson
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Bachelor, University of California-Berkeley, 1946. Certified librarian California State University, Fullerton, 1960. Master of Library Science, Immaculate Heart College, 1968.
Career
Assistant children"s library FullertonPub. Library., California, 1951-1959, coordinator children"s services, 1959-1981, city librarian, 1981-1990. Retired, 1990. appointed curator Mary Campbell collection history children"s literature Fullerton Public Library., 1990.
Instructor Rio Hondo City College, Whittier, California, part time 1970-1972, California State University-Fullerton, 1972-1977.
Vice chairman 3d Pacific Rim Conference Council, 1983-1986. Member Korczak award committee United States Board Books for Young People, 1988.
Achievements
Membership
Member CityLights; founding board directors Youth Science Center, Fullerton, 1958. Member Library. Technology Training Advisory Committee, Fullerton College, 1970. Chairman advisory board Young Women’s Christian Association Child Development Center, since 1992.
Board directors Fullerton Public Library. Foundation, member endowment fund, 1994, secretary, 1995. Board directors Friends of the Fullerton Public Library.
Member of League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women, American Library Association, Parent-Teachers Association (life), Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People (president 1979-1981, Dorothy C. McKenzie award 1987), Orange County Library. Association (vice president), California Library. Association (chairman children's service division), Theta Sigma Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Benjamin Alfred Johnson, February 12, 1943. Children: Robin Rebecca, Anne Elizabeth, Delia Mary.
Awards
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Named Professional Woman of Year, North Orange County Young Women’s Christian Association, 1986, Woman of Year, Fullerton Chamber of Commerce, 1990, North Orange County Young Women’s Christian Association, 2003.Named Professional Woman of Year, North Orange County Young Women’s Christian Association, 1986, Woman of Year, Fullerton Chamber of Commerce, 1990, North Orange County Young Women’s Christian Association, 2003.