Background
Johnson, Roy Everard was born on July 10, 1899 in Buffalo. Son of Edwin Henry and Mayme Belle (Armstrong) Johnson.
Johnson, Roy Everard was born on July 10, 1899 in Buffalo. Son of Edwin Henry and Mayme Belle (Armstrong) Johnson.
Student Alexander Hamilton Business Institute, 1919-1921, Millard Fillmore College, 1922, Canisius College, 1935-1936.
Assistant superintendent King Iron Works, Buffalo, 1920. Various sales positions, 1922-1932. Entered veterans service work with American Legion, 1932.
Joined national staff American Red Cross, 1935.
Established national training school for Red Cross war workers, 1942. Inspected overseas operations, South Pacific and North Africa, 1943.
Supervised expansion of Red Cross Services to veterans, 1944-1945. Assistant director public relations National Headquarters American Red Cross, past director of Office Public Information.
Free-lance writer; member of the President's commission on national “employe the physically handicapped” week.
Member Veterans Administration national advising committee on voluntary services. Member national public relations advisory council United Community Funds and Councils of America. Served with North Sea Mine Force, United States Navy, World War I.
Member National Public Relations Council (board directors), Public Relations Society American, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans Foreign Wars, Veterans World War I. Odd Fellow.
Clubs: National Press, Toastmasters (past area governor), Post Mortem (Washington).
Married Catherine Koenig, January 1, 1918. Children: Theodore Roy, David Ivan.