Background
Johnson, Wesley Robert was born on December 27, 1919 in Cleveland.
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Wesley Robert Johnson
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1948. Master of Business Administration, Northwestern University, 1949. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1953.
Career
Management consultant George Fry and Associate, Chicago, 1949-1951. Vice president, managing director Information Technology-S Ltd. Illinois Tool Work Inc., London, 1951-1962.
Executive vice president Woodall Industries Inc., Detroit, 1963-1966, president, 1966-1975. Chairman board directors LOF Plastic Inc., 1975-1984. President Economic Club Detroit, from 1984, also board directors.
Achievements
Membership
With Detroit Swedish Council, since 1975. Board directors Greater Michigan Foundation, Lansing, 1970, Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit, Grosse Pointe (Michigan) War Memorial, 1988, Junior Achievement Southeast Michigan, Detroit, since 1974, Children's Hospital Michigan, 1986, Ziebart Corporation Greater Michigan Foundation, Lansing, 1970. Member Engineering Society Detroit.
Connections
Son of Fritz G. and Marguerite R. (Smith) J. Married Doris Faye Meadows. Children: Elizabeth N., Wesley Robert Junior, Philip Meadows, Gillian Smith.
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Died
November 22, 2002 (aged 82)
Education
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1948
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1949
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1953
Career
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1949 - 1951
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1951 - 1962
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1951 - 1962
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1963 - 1966
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1975 - 1984