Background
Johnson, James Hodge was born on May 22, 1932 in Brantley, Alabama, United States. Son of James Hodge Senior and Julia Grace (McSwean) Johnson.
Johnson, James Hodge was born on May 22, 1932 in Brantley, Alabama, United States. Son of James Hodge Senior and Julia Grace (McSwean) Johnson.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1959. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1978.
Process engineer to general superintendent, Union Camp Corporation, Savannah, Georgia, 1959-1973; vice president, division manager, Branchemco, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, 1973-1975; mill manager, Champion International Corporation, Canton, North Carolina, 1975-1979; resident manager, Boise Cascade Corporation, Rumford, Maine., 1979-1981; resident manager, St. Regis Paper Company, Jacksonville, 1982-1983; general manufacturing manager Kraft division, St. Regis Paper Company, West Nyack, New York, 1983-1984; vice president, division general manager, Manville Forest Products Company, West Monroe, Louisiana, 1984-1985; consultant, Birmingham, Alabama, 1986; director project development, Rust International Corporation, Birmingham, 1987-1994; retired, 1994.
Republican precinct leader Georgia, Savannah, 1962-1965. Trustee Indiana Presbyterian Day School, Savannah. Board directors Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts American, Maine, 1975-1979.
With United States Army, 1953-1956. Member Paper Industry Management Association (various positions Dixie division 1975-1979, program chairman conference 1979), Technology Association Pulp and Paper Industry, Kiwanis (president 1990), Inverness Country Club, Toastmasters (president 1960-1968), Tau Beta Pi.
Married Carol June Farris. 1 child, Mark Farris.