Background
Johnson, Robert Edward was born on August 13, 1922 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert and Delia (Davis) Johnson.
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Johnson, Robert Edward was born on August 13, 1922 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert and Delia (Davis) Johnson.
Bachelor of Arts, Morehouse College, 1948; Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1952; Doctor of Letters, Miles College, 1973.
He joined the Joint European Torus staff in February 1953, two years after it was founded by Publisher John H. Johnson. He was part of the Presidential Press Corps in 1972 that traveled with United States President Richard Nixon to Russia, Poland, Austria and Iran and traveled with Ambassador Andrew Young on a trade mission tour of Africa in 1979. He was the author of Bill Cosby:In Words and Pictures().
Board directors Martin Luther King Junior Center Social Change, DuSable Museum Afro-American History. Member of World Federation Scottish Societies, Headline (director 1968-1970), Mason, Helms Athletic Foundation, Chicago, Alpha Kappa Delta, Alpha Phi Alpha, Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Naomi Cole, December 16, 1948. Children: Bobbye LaVerne, Janet Bernice, Robert Edward III.