Background
Johnson, Robert Bethune was born on December 4, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of James Forbes and Ora (Bethune) Johnson.
Johnson, Robert Bethune was born on December 4, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of James Forbes and Ora (Bethune) Johnson.
AB, Washington University, St. Louis, 1938. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1960.
Fellow, Syracuse (New York) U., 1946-1947;
assistant professor geography, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1949-1950;
director advertising research, Itek Corporation, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1959;
director programs tempo, General Electric Company, Santa Barbara, California, 1959-1961;
president, Prescott (Arizona) Schole, 1971-1972;
professor geography, department chairman, California State University at Domenguez Hills, Carson, from 1972;
professor emeritus, acting chairman, California State University at Domenguez Hills, Carson, from 1986. Proprietor Johnson Research Associations, Santa Barbara, 1961-1971. Lecturer University of California, Santa Barbara, 1960-1963.
Consultant Santa Barbara County School, 1962-1966.
Member planning advisory committee City of Los Angeles, San Pedro, California, 1974-1982, Citizens Advisory Committee Community Plan, San Pedro, 1974-1982, Republican Center Committee, Los Angeles, 1976-1983. Served as corporal United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945, captain United States Army, 1951-1952. Fellow American Geography Society.
Member Association American Geographers, Association Pacific Coast Geographers, Sigma Xi.
Married June Main, November 7, 1942 (deceased August 1979). Children: Kathryn Forbes Allison, Leslie Main Johnson-Gottesfield. Married Dorothy Ann Rogers, March 28, 1980 (deceased January 1985).