Johnson, Howard Wesley, 1922-2009
Dates
- Existence: 1922 July 2 - 2009 December 12
Biography
Howard Wesley Johnson, 1922-2009, B.A. 1943, Central College; M.A. 1947, University of Chicago, was on the faculty of the University of Chicago from 1948 to 1955, when he came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as associate professor of management and director of the Sloan Fellowship Program. He became professor and dean of the Sloan School of Management in 1959, serving until 1966. He was the twelfth president of MIT, 1966-1971, and chairman of the MIT Corporation, 1971-1983. From 1975 to 1980 he served as president of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Mass.). 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.
*Prepared by the Institute Archives, MIT Libraries (November 1995, updated April 2010)
Occupations
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Howard W. Johnson papers
Howard W. Johnson speech at the Economic Club of New York
The collection comprises an audio recording of a meeting at the Economic Club of New York on March 3, 1970 at the Waldorf-Astoria. Gavin K. MacBain presided over the meeting. Howard W. Johnson and Maurice H. Stans delivered speeches. John L. Cobb and John Davenport comprised the question and answer panel.
Interview with Howard W. Johnson
The collection consists of an audio recording of the interview of Howard Johnson by John Matill on August 16, 1983.
Letter from Dean of the School of Industrial Management Howard W. Johnson Regarding the Appointment of Douglas McGregor as Sloan Fellows Professor of Industrial Management, 1962 May 8
News Release issued by the MIT Office of the Dean of the School of Industrial Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from Dean of the School of Industrial Management Howard W. Johnson Regarding the Appointment of Franco Modigliani to Professorship in the School of Industrial Management, 1962 June 29
News Release issued by the MIT Office of the Dean of the School of Industrial Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from Dean of the Sloan School of Management Howard W. Johnson Regarding Memorial Services for Erwin H. Schell, 1965 January 11
News Release issued by the MIT Office of the Dean of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from Dean of the Sloan School of Management Howard W. Johnson Regarding the Appointment of Elting E. Morison as Sloan Fellows Professor of Industrial Management, 1964 December 16
News Release issued by the MIT Office of the Dean of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from Dean of the Sloan School of Management Howard W. Johnson Regarding the Death of Ernest N. Gelotte, 1966 August 9
News Release issued by the MIT Office of Public Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from President Elect Howard W. Johnson Regarding the Appointment of Jack P. Ruina as Vice President for Special Laboratories, 1966 June 2
News Release issued by the MIT Office of Public Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from President Elect Howard W. Johnson Regarding the Appointment of Jerome B. Wiesner as Provost, 1966 May 11
News Release issued by the MIT Office of Public Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from President Howard W. Johnson Regarding the Appointment of Milton U. Clauser as Director of Lincoln Laboratory and Professor of Aeronautical Engineering and the appointment of C. Robert Wieser as Deputy Director of Lincoln Laboratory, 1966 November 16
News Release issued by the MIT Office of Public Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from President Howard W. Johnson Regarding the Apppointment of John W. Irvine, Jr., as Master of Ashdown House and Prescott A. Smith as Faculty Resident in Bexley Hall, 1966 September 30
News Release issued by the MIT Office of Public Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from President Howard W. Johnson Regarding the Death of James N. Murphy and Three Students, 1966 December 27
News Release issued by the MIT Office of Public Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from President Howard W. Johnson Regarding the Death of Ralph G. Hudson, 1967 January 3
News Release issued by the MIT Office of Public Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Letter from President Howard W. Johnson Regarding United Fund Campaign for 1966-67, 1966 October 18
News Release issued by the MIT Office of Public Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Inaugural Committee records
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President and Office of the Chair of the Corporation, records of Howard W. Johnson
Paul E. Schindler papers
The Paul E. Schindler papers include correspondence and transcripts of interviews conducted by Schindler, editor of The Tech, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presidents Howard Johnson, Jerome B. Wiesner, and others regarding the November actions of 1970, and other student protests against MIT involvement with defense projects during the Vietnam War.