Background
Johnson, Guy Benton was born on February 28, 1901 in Caddo Mills, Texas, United States. Son of John Edward and Ora (Clark) Johnson.
sociology and anthropology educator
Johnson, Guy Benton was born on February 28, 1901 in Caddo Mills, Texas, United States. Son of John Edward and Ora (Clark) Johnson.
Student, Burleson College, Greenville, Texas, 1919. AB, Baylor University, 1921. AM, University Chicago, 1922.
Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1927.
Instructor sociology, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1922-1923;
professor, Baylor Woman's College, 1923-1924;
research assistant Institute for Research,, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1924-1927;
research associate, associate professor sociology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1927-1941;
professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1941-1943, 47;
professor sociology and anthropology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from 1947;
Kenan professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from 1963. Executive director Southern Regional Council, 1944-1947. Fellow Social Science Research Council, 1936-1937.
Member of staff study Negro in American, Carnegie Corporation, 1939-1940. Visiting professor social anthropology Rhodes U., South Africa, 1959-1960. Representative United States-South Africa Leader Exch.
Program, 1959-1960.
Trustee Howard University. Fellow American Anthropological Association, American Sociological Association. Member Southern Sociological Society (president 1953-1954), Archaeol.
Society North Carolina (secretary 1933-1939, president 1941), Alpha Psi Delta, Alpha Kappa Delta, Delta Upsilon.
Married Guion Griffis, September 3, 1923. Children: Guy Benton, Edward Stokes.