Background
Johnson, Joseph Benjamin was born on September 16, 1934 in New Orleans. Son of Sidney Thomas and Lillie Mickens Johnson.
Johnson, Joseph Benjamin was born on September 16, 1934 in New Orleans. Son of Sidney Thomas and Lillie Mickens Johnson.
Bachelor of Science, Grambling State University, 1957. Master of Science, University Colorado, 1967. Doctor of Education, University Colorado, 1973.
Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Gandhigram Rural University, Tamilnadu, India. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Western Michigan University.
Teacher, George Washington Carver High School, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1960-1961; Teacher, Booker T. Washington High School, Shreveport, 1962-1963; with, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1969-1977; executive assistant to president, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1975-1977; president, Grambling (Louisiana) State University, 1977-1991; president, Talladega (Alabama) College, 1991-1998. Advisory Office Ednl. Research and Improvement, unites states department Education.
Member Task Force on Economic Development, State of Louisiana, Commission Colleges and Schools Southern Association. Trustee Gulf South Research Institute. Member Steering Committee for Historically Black Colleges, Educational Testing Service.
Past chairman board directors National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. Member advisory committee Office for Advancement of Public Negro Colleges. Past chairman academy advisory committee Black Entertainment television.
Member Louisiana State Fair. Member board advisory Louisiana Center for the Blind. Board directors Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Served with United States Army, 1958-1960, 61-62. Member American Association Administrators Higher Education, American Association University Administrators, Louisiana Association Educators, American Council Education, American Association State Colleges and Universities (member humanities committee, committee on academy and student personnel, committee on science and technical), National Association State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, National Black Alliance Graduate Level Educators, Louisiana Education Research Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association (president's commission), University Colorado at Boulder Alumni Association (board directors), Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Alpha Psi, Kappa Delta Pi.
Married Lula Young; children— Yolanda, Joseph, Juliet, Julie.