Background
Johnson, Harold R. was born on January 9, 1926 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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Harold R. Johnson
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Education
Student, Patterson Collegiate Institute, Windsor Bachelor of Arts, University Western Ontario Master of Social Work, Wayne State University.
Career
Special representative, International Union of United Brewery, Soft Drink and Distillery WorkersAm., 1951-1957; executive director, Windsor Labor Committee on Human Rights, 1951-1957; planning consultant, United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, 1957-1961; associate director, Neighborhood Services Organisation, Detroit, 1961-1969; director, Office of Youth Services, State of Michigan, 1970; professor social work, 1969-1995; dean, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1981-1993; co-director Institute Gerontology,, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1975-1981; professor health gerontology School Public Health, University of Michigan, 1976-1989; professor health behavior, health education, University of Michigan, 1989-1995; special counsel to president, University of Michigan, 1989-1995; interim secretary, University of Michigan, 1994-1995; dean emeritus, professor emeritus school social work, public health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Vice chairman Michigan Commission on Criminal Justice, 1971-1976. Served with Royal Canada Armoured Corps, 1944-1946. Fellow Gerontological Society.
Member Association Gerontology in Higher Education (president 1979), National Association Social Workers (past chairman metropolitan Detroit chapter), Council on Social Work Education, Academy Certified Social Workers, Association Black Social Workers.
Connections
Married Marion Johnson. Children: Robert Harold, Karen Elizabeth, Alan Douglas.
