Background
Johnson, Robert Henry was born on January 23, 1921 in Hannaford, North Dakota, United States.
Johnson, Robert Henry was born on January 23, 1921 in Hannaford, North Dakota, United States.
Bachelor, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1942; Master of Science, Syracuse University, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1949.
Teaching fellow, Harvard University, 1948-1949;
instructor government, Harvard University, 1949-1951;
assistant to executive secretary, National Security Council, 1951-1954;
member, secretary special staff, National Security Council, 1954-1959;
director planning board secretariat, National Security Council, 1959-1961;
member senior staff, National Security Council, 1961-1962;
member policy planning county, State Department, 1962-1967;
senior fellow, Brookings Institution, 1966-1968;
guest scholar, Brookings Institution, 1970, 71, 73, 80;
Harvey Picker professor international relations, Colgate University, 1968-1971, 80-84;
Charles Evans Hughes professor government, Colgate University, 1971-1980;
department chairman political science, Colgate University, 1979-1982, 83-84. Visiting fellow Overseas Development Council, 1974-1975, 76-77, 84-86, 87-88. Senior fellow National Policy Association, since 1988.
Consultant to director international division General Accounting Office, 1978-1982. Resident associate Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1982-1983, 86-87.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Political Science Association, Council on Foreign Relations.
Son of Albert Idan and Alma (Peterson) J. Divorced; children: Mark Olin, Eric Lowell, Hilary Jean.