| 1 | Name: | Dr. Howard Wesley Johnson | |
| Institution: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
| Year Elected: | 1985 | ||
| Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | ||
| Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1922 | ||
| Death Date: | December 12, 2009 | ||
Howard Wesley Johnson is the former president (1966-71) and chairman (1971-83) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served on the faculty of the University of Chicago from 1948-55, when he came to M.I.T. as associate professor of management and director of the Sloan Fellowship Program. Dr. Johnson became professor and dean of the Sloan School of Management in 1959, serving until 1966, when he became M.I.T.'s twelfth president. Later, he served as president of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (1975-80). His public service includes membership on the National Commission on Productivity, the National Manpower Advisory Committee, the (U.S.) President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy, and the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has also been a trustee or director of public and private institutions including the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Radcliffe College, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. | |||