Irving Stanley Johnson

Background

Johnson, Irving Stanley was born on June 30, 1925 in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. Son of Walter Glen and Frances Lucetta (Tuttle) Johnson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Washburn University, Topeka, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy in Development Biology, University Kansas, Lawrence, 1953. Student, Cornell University.

Student, Duke University. Student, Harvard University.

Career

With, Lilly Research laboratories, Indianapolis, 1953-1988; vice president research, Lilly Research laboratories, Indianapolis, 1973-1988; member professional education committee, American Cancer Society, 1972-1982. Active researcher cancer, virus, genetic engineering. Member Recombinant Advisory Committee, National Institutes of Health, 1985-1988.

Member University of California at Los Angeles Symposia Board, 1986-1989. Consultant biomedical research, since 1989. Board directors Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Allelix Biopharms., Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Athena Neuroscis., 1989-1996.

Science advisory board Elan Corporation, since 1996. Trustee La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, 1990-1993. Advisor to biomedical Research.cos., venture capital groups.

Achievements

• Irving Stanley Johnson has been listed as a noteworthy pharmaceutical executive, research consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Cancer Research (Cain Memorial award for outstanding preclinical research in cancer chemotherapy 1986), American Society Cell Biology (member public policy committee), Environmental Mutagen Society, International Society Chemotherapy, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Immunologists (member science advisory board biotech), Society for Neurosci., National Science Foundation (delegate member), Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma.

Connections

Married Alwyn Neville Ginther, January 29, 1949. Children: Rebecca Lyn, Bryan Glenn, Kirsten Shawn, Kevin Bruce.

Father:

Walter Glen Johnson

Mother:

Frances Lucetta (Tuttle) Johnson

Spouse:

Alwyn Neville Ginther

child:

Kirsten Shawn Johnson

child:

Bryan Glenn Johnson

child:

Rebecca Lyn Johnson

child:

Kevin Bruce Johnson