Norman James Johnson

Background

Johnson, Norman James was born on April 15, 1921 in Brooklyn. Son of James Henry and Florence Gertrude (Crilley) Johnson.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Fordham University, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, 1945. Juris Doctor, University Georgia, 1979.

Career

Intern Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1945-1946. Intern pediatrics The Long Island College Hospital, 1948-1949. Resident cardiology Irvington House, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, 1949-1950.

Resident pediatrics Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 1950-1951, chief resident pediatrics, 1951-1952. Associate professor pediatrics University Arkansas, Little Rock, 1952-1956. Chief pediatrics Miners Memorial Hospital, Williamson, West Virginia, 1956-1959.

Assistant professor pediatric medicine University Tennessee Medical School, Memphis, 1959-1961. From assistant chief to chief pediatrics Metropolitan Hospital, Detroit, 1961-1971. Practice medicine specializing in pediatrics Athens, Georgia, 1972-1977.

Clinical dir emergency medicine St. Mary's Hospital, 1976-1986. With emergency medicine Hilton Head Hospital, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 1986-1987. With Newton General Hospital, Covington, Georgia, 1987-1995.

Instructor pediatrics University Cincinnati, 1951-1952, associate professor pediatrics University Arkansas, Little Rock, 1952-1956, assistant professor pediatrics University Tennessee, Memphis, 1959-1961. Expert civilian consultant pediatrics, Army & Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1953-1956.

Achievements

• Bar: Georgia 1981; certified American Board Pediatrics, American Board Emergency Medicine, 1992.

Membership

President Parent-Teachers Association, Athens, 1975-1976, Friends of Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, U. Georgia, 1985-1986, 95-96. Captain United States Army, 1946-1948, PTO. Member American Academy Pediatrics, American College Emergency Physicians, Irish and American Pediat.

Interests

• Avocations: singing, running.

Connections

Married Bernadette Frances Lowe, January 17, 1948. Children: Michael Lowe, Christopher Day, Mark Hughes, Matthew Day (deceased), David Hughes.

Father:

James Henry Johnson

Mother:

Florence Gertrude (Crilley) Johnson

Spouse:

Bernadette Frances Lowe

child:

David Hughes Johnson

child:

Mark Hughes Johnson

child:

Christopher Day Johnson

child:

Michael Lowe Johnson

child:

Matthew Day Johnson (deceased)