Background
Johnson, Robert Willard was born on December 23, 1921 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Ernest A. and Edith (Glassford) Johnson.
Johnson, Robert Willard was born on December 23, 1921 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Ernest A. and Edith (Glassford) Johnson.
Student, Oberlin College, 1939-1942; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1952.
Assistant professor, Southwestern at Memphis, 1948-1950; Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company chaired professor finance, director executive development program, director management training program, department chairman, U. Buffalo, until 1959; economist, Federal Reserve Board, 1956-1957; professor finance administration, Michigan State University, 1959-1964; professor management, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1964-1992; professor emeritus, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, since 1992; director Credit Research Center, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1974-1990; senior research associate, Purdue University, Lafayette, since 1990. Reporter-economist National Conference Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1964-1976;Fellow Institute Basic Mathematics for Application to Business, Harvard, 1959-1960. Member National Commission Consumer Finance, 1969-1972.
Served with Supply Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Finance Association, Finance Management Association (president 1971).
Married Mary McCormack, January 7, 1945 (divorced October 1983). Children: Judith L., Cynthia L. Married Dixie P. Jackson, October 22, 1983.