Ernest Frederick Johnson

Background

Johnson, Ernest Frederick was born on April 4, 1918 in Jamestown, New York, United States. Son of Ernest Frederick and Esther Marie (Engstrom) Johnson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Lehigh University, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1949.

Career

Research engineer, technical supervisor synthetic organic chemical manufacturer Barrett division, Allied Chemical Corporation, Philadelphia, 1940-1946; assistant professor department chemical engineering, Princeton University, 1948-1954; associate professor, Princeton University, 1954-1959; professor, Princeton University, 1959-1986; acting department chairman chemical engineering, Princeton University, 1959-1960; department chairman, Princeton University, 1977-1978; associate dean faculty, Princeton University, 1962-1966; clerk of faculty, Princeton University, 1983-1986; associate Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, 1955-1986; professor emeritus, Princeton University, since 1986; senior advisor to president, Princeton University, 1988-1991. Consultant petroleum, chemical, engineering, environmental, food processing firms, government agys., since 1949. Board directors Autodynamics Inc.

1968-1985; member of advisory board Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 1964-1967.

Works

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• book

  • Automatic Process Control (Chemical Engineering Series)
  • Automatic Process Control Principles
  • Automatic Process Control

Membership

Trustee Associated Universities, Inc., 1962-1968, chairman board, 1965-1967. Trustee Westminster Foundation, 1973-1979. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (executive committee Center Jersey section since 1972), American Institute Chemists.

Member American Chemical Society (executive committee division industrial and engineering chemistry 1965-1967, council 1976-1978), Princeton Engineering Association (secretary-treasurer 1954-1957, executive committee since 1954), Adirondack Mountain Club, Appalachian Mountain Club, Tärnavrå Yacht Club, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma.

Connections

Married Marjorie Ruth McMullin, July 15, 1944 (deceased December 2003). Children: David S. (deceased), Carolyn L. Walton, Arthur B., Melissa A. Bonner.

Father:

Ernest Frederick Johnson

Mother:

Esther Marie (Engstrom) Johnson

Spouse:

Marjorie Ruth McMullin

child:

David S. Johnson (deceased)

child:

Arthur B. Johnson

child:

Melissa A. Bonner Johnson

child:

Carolyn L. Walton Johnson