Background
Houston, Johnny Lee was born on November 19, 1941 in Sandersville, Georgia, United States. Son of Catherine (Houston) Vinson.
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Johnny Lee Houston
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Education
Bachelor in Mathematics, Morehouse College, 1964; Master of Science in Mathematics, Atlanta U., 1966; postgraduate, U. Strasbourg, France, 1966-1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Purdue University, 1974.
Career
Teacher, Electrical Engineer Smith High School, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1964-1965; instructor mathematics, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1967-1969; director Black Cultural Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1972-1973; associate professor mathematics, Savannah (Georgia) State College, 1974-1975; chairman mathematics and computer science, Atlanta U., 1975-1981; coordinator computer science, Fort Valley (Georgia) State College, 1981-1984; Callaway professor computer science, Fort Valley (Georgia) State College, 1983-1984; vice-chancellor academic affairs, Elizabeth City (North Carolina) State University, 1984-1988; senior research professor mathematics, computer science, Elizabeth City (North Carolina) State University, since 1988. Visiting scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, summers 1989, 90, Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, summers 1979, 83. Mathematician, computer specialist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1982-1986, National Center Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, summer 1976.
Achievements
Membership
Member National Association Mathematicians (executive secretary since 1975), American Mathematics Society, Association Computing Machinery, Mathematics Association American (Board of Governors since 1992), National Council Teachers Mathematics Somerset Foundation (Chairman, Board Of Directors 1991-1993), Northeastern North Carolina Schoolmasters' Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Kiwanis, Phi Delta Kappa (vice president 1990-1992).
Connections
Married Virginia Lawrence, June 7, 1969. Children: Mave Talibra Lawrence, Kaiulani Michelle.
