Eloise Vaughn McKinney Johnson

Background

Johnson, Eloise Vaughn McKinney was born on December 7, 1926 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.

Education

AB, Spelman College, 1947; AM, Boston University, 1948; postgraduate, Johnson C. Smith U., 1950; postgraduate, University of Wisconsin, 1950-1951; postgraduate, U. Colorado, 1953; postgraduate, University of California, 1966-1967, 70; postgraduate, U. Pacific, 1970; postgraduate, San Francisco City College, 1971; postgraduate, San Francisco State University, 1976; certified African Heritage course, U. Ife, Nigeria, 1970; certified publishing course, Stanford University, 1986.

Career

Instructor English, Laney College, 1975-1989; instructor English, Northern Peralta Community College, 1973-1975; instructor, department chairman English, Peralta College, 1971-1973; teacher, San Francisco Community College, 1966-1971; lecturer, John Adams Adult School, 1966; reader English, San Francisco Unified School District, 1965-1967; educator, San Francisco Unified School District, 1965; associate professor, North Carolina A&T State University, 1961-1965; from instructor to assistant professor, Morehouse College, 1953-1961; instructor, Carver Municipal Junior College, 1951; instructor, North Carolina Winston Salem State University, 1948-1952. Board directors San Francisco Academy World Studies. Mother's Day speaker Morehouse College, 1959.

Achievements

• Eloise Vaughn McKinney Johnson has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Sanderson trustee San Francisco African American History and Cultural Society. Member of advisory county Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial Historic Site, Sedalia, North Carolina. Member American Association of University Women (life), National Council Teachers English (Study Abroad certified 1959), California Association Teachers of English, League of Women Voters, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life), National Spelman College Alumnae Association (life), National Association Speech and Dramatic Arts, San Francisco chapter of the United Nations Association, College Language Association (life), English Speaking Union (judge student essays San Francisco chapter), Association Study Afro-American Life and History (life), Alpha Kappa Alpha, various other organizations.

Connections

Daughter of Theophilus Elisha and Martha Virginia (Lloyd) McK. Divorced; 1 child, Myron Herman Johnson Junior.

Father:

Theophilus Elisha McK.

Mother:

Martha Virginia (Lloyd) McK.

child:

Myron Herman Johnson Junior Johnson