Brigadier General Johnson graduated from Lincoln University with a BS in
Education.. He received an MA in Counseling Psychology from Lincoln
University in 1972. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry
in 1964. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College, the Army Command and
General Staff College, the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, the Special
Forces Officer Course, the Infantry Officer Basic Course and the Basic
Airborne Course.
His assignments while on
active duty included the following: Infantry Platoon Leader, Reconnaisance
Platoon Leader, and Assistant Operations Officer 7th Infantry Division in
Korea. Infantry Platoon Leader and Company Commander; 3rd Infantry , The
Old Guard, Ft. Myer, Virginia; Airborne Infantry Company Commander,
Assistant Operations Officer and Logistics Officer, 101st Airborne Division
in the Republic of Vietnam. Assistant Professor of Military Science, Lincoln
University. Special Forces Mobile Training Team Commander and Operations
Officer, Republic of Vietnam. G-2 Operations Office, I Corps, Republic of
Korea US Group, Korea. Infantry Majors’ Assignment Officer, Military
Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia. Personnel Staff Officer, Office of
the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters, Department of the
Army in Washington, D.C. Battalion Commander, 2nd Battalion, 36th Infantry
(Mechanized), 3rd Armored Division, Butzbach, Federal Republic of Germany.
Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, Washington,
D.C. Brigade Commander and Community Commander 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry
Division, Aschaffenburg, Federal Republic of Germany. Director, Joint Staff,
Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, Washington, D.C. Assistant Division
Commander 1st Armored Division and Community Commander Bamberg, Federal
Republic of Germany. Commanding General 1st Region Reserve Officer Training
Corps, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Director, Operation Desert Storm Welcome
Home Celebrations, Washington, D.C. and New York City. Since retirement he
has served as Chief of Operations and Administration in the Office of the
City Administrator, Washington, D.C. Chief of Staff for Seattle Public
Schools, Seattle, Washington. Administrator, DC Public Schools, Washington,
D.C. Currently he is the President of Strategic Educational Investments,
Seattle, Washington.
His awards include the
Silver Star, Bronze Star (Two Oak Leaf Clusters); Defense Superior Service
Medal; Meritorious Service Medal (Two Oak Leaf Clusters); Air Medal; Army
Commendation Medal(Oak Leaf Cluster); Defense Meritorious Service Medal;
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry; Combat Infantryman Badge; Special Forces Tab;
Air Assault Badge; and Parachute Badge. He has received numerous civilian
service awards and is included in Who’s Who in America.
He is married to Jay Dianne
Westbrook of Memphis, Tennessee and has a daughter, Julia.
