Background
Johnson, Samuel Britton was born on April 25, 1926 in Canyon, Texas, United States. Son of Lee Livingston and Clementine (Smith) Johnson.
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Samuel Britton Johnson
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Bachelor of Science, West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical, 1946; Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1948.
Career
Intern, Knoxville (Tennessee) General Hospital, 1948-1949; resident, New Orleans Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, 1949-1950; chief resident, New Orleans Eye, Ears, Nose, and Throat Hospital, 1952-1953; staff member ophthalmology, Army Hospital, Fort Sill, 1950-1951; staff member ophthalmology, Navy, Quantico, Virginia, 1951-1952; private practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1953-1955; professor, department chairman ophthalmology medical school, U. Mississippi, Jackson, since 1955; chief ophthalmology service, University Hospital, Jackson, since 1955. Chairman of the executive committee State Comprehensive Plan Blind, Jackson, 1984-1985, State Plan Svc. Blind, 1988-1989; consultant in field.
Achievements
Membership
Member, president, Chairman, Board Of Directors Mississippi Opera, Jackson, 1953-1977, honorary board directors chairman in perpituity, since 1977. Member Executive Committee, trustee Mississippi Sch.Blind, Deaf & Rehabilitation-Blind, 1979-1989. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Academy Ophthalmology, Law-Science Academy American. Member American Medical Association, Mississippi Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Society (president 1969-1970), Louisiana-Mississippi Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology (president 1970), Control Medical Society of Mississippi(president 1972-1973), Mississippi State Medical Society, Signature/Royal Maid Blind Industries, Inc. (board directors since 1985).
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Connections
Married Peggy Ruth Boswell, June 25, 1949 (divorced May 8, 1980). Children: Margaret Neal, Lee Sayers, Alice Boswell. Married Barbara Jean Herfurth, December 20, 1982.
