Background
Johnson, John Lowell was born on March 18, 1926 in Butte, Montana, United States. Son of Lowell Wallace and Esther (Thornwall) Johnson.
Johnson, John Lowell was born on March 18, 1926 in Butte, Montana, United States. Son of Lowell Wallace and Esther (Thornwall) Johnson.
Bachelor of Science, Montana State University, 1949; Master of Science, Yale University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1954.
Research assistant, Yale University, New Haven, 1949-1954; senior scientist commercial atomic power department, Westinghouse, Pittsburgh, 1954-1964; fellow engineer, Westinghouse Research laboratories, Pittsburgh, 1964-1968; advisory scientist, Westinghouse Research laboratories, Pittsburgh, 1968-1979; consultant scientist, Westinghouse R & D Center, Pittsburgh, 1979-1985; member visiting research staff, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1955-1968; visiting research physicist, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1968-1971; visiting principal research physicist, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1971-1985; principal research physicist, Princeton (New Jersey) U., since 1985. Visiting scientist Culham (England) Laboratory, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, MaxPlanck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany, Australian National U., plasma physics laboratory Kyoto U. Visiting professor Nagoya (Japan) U., 1987;logistics supervisor 9th International Atomic Energy Agency International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, 1982, 13th, 1990;conference presenter in field.
Scoutmaster troop 88 George Washington county Boy Scouts American, 1971-1987;member Princeton Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1985-1986. With United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow American Physical Society (secretary-treasurer division plasma physics 1974-1978, organizer meetings and Sherwood conferences).
Member Sigma Xi (secretary, treasurer, vice president, president Princeton chapter 1981-1988).
Married Barbara Marion Hynds, June 30, 1951. Children: Lowell John, Lesley Jean Johnson Gelb, Jennifer Ruth Johnson Goodall.