Background
Johnson, Howard Wesley was born on July 2, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert H. and Laura (Hansen) Johnson.
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Howard Wesley Johnson has been associated with MIT for more than forty years and been a major influence on the modernization and expansion of many of its programs. He will be most remembered as a management educator and as MIT's president during the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s. The title of his memoirs reflects his central, usually lonely position in those days, trying to hold together an institution often torn apart by the turmoil of the times. Johnson was more successful at navigating the minefields on campus than were many other college and university presidents, perhaps because he was always willing to listen to both sides and because his values were in the right place—against the war in Vietnam, in favor of increased participation in the university by women and minorities, and concerned about environmental issues. As a professor and administrator at MIT, a corporate director, and an advisor to American government agencies and to museums and foundations, Johnson consistently sought both to understand and to apply the principles of good management.
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Johnson, Howard Wesley was born on July 2, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert H. and Laura (Hansen) Johnson.
Bachelor, Central College, Chicago, 1943. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1947. Certified, Glasgow University, Scotland, 1946.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Harvard University, University Miami, 1966. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1969. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Oklahoma City University, 1970.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Cincinnati, 1973. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Babson College, 1978. Doctor of Science (honorary), Lowell Technology Institute, Tufts University, Bryant College, 1967.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Northea. University, 1966; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Roosevelt University, 1969. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Clarkson College of Technology, 1973.
From assistant to associate professor, director management research University Chicago, 1948-1951, 53-55. Assistant to vice president personnel administration General Mills, Inc., 1952-1953. Associate professor, director executive programs, associate dean Sloan School Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955-1959, professor, dean, 1959-1966.
President Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966-1971. Chairman Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, 1971-1983, honorary chairman, 1983-1990, life member, 1983-1997, life member emeritus, 1997—2009. Executive vice president Federated Department Stores, 1966.
Chairman Federal Reserve Bank Boston, 1968-1969. Trustee Putnam Funds, 1961-1971. Member President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy, 1966-1968.
Chairman Environmental Studies Board NAS-National Academy of Engineering, 1973-1975. Member science advisory committee Massachusetts General Hospital, 1968-1970. Member National Manpower Advisory Committee, 1967-1969, National Commission on Productivity, 1970-1972.
Trustee Committee Economic Development, 1968-1971, Wellesley College, 1968-1986, trustee emeritus 1986-2009. Trustee Radcliffe College, 1973-1979. Honorary trustee Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Institute Deaf Analyses, 1971-1979.
Member corporation Woods Hole (Mass) Oceanog. Institution.
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Trustee WGBH Educational Foundation, 1966-1971, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1984-1987, Dibner Institute, 1992-1997. Member corporation Museum of Science, Boston. Overseer Boston Symphony Orch, 1968-1972.
Member-at-large Boy Scouts American. President Boston Museum Fine Arts, 1975-1980, trustee 1971-1972, chairman board overseers, 1980-1983, chairman executive committee, 1983-1987, honorary life trustee 1992-2009. Trustee Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1982-1995, chairman board 1988-1995.
Board directors National Arts Stablzn. Foundation, 1983-1987, Museo de Arte de Ponce, 1983-1987. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Council Foreign Relations, American Philosophical Society, National Academy of Sciences (President's Circle), National Academy Engineering (President's Circuit), Institute of Medicine (President's Circuit), Century Association (New York City), Commercial Club (Boston), Tavern Club (Boston), St. Botolph Club (Boston), Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Elizabeth J. Weed, February 18, 1950. Children: Stephen Andrew, Laura Ann, Bruce Howard.