Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-01-29
Press Group
Names Fisk
President Man
Of The Year

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. "a
DR.. Charles Sturgeon Johnson, the
Virginia born educator whose con
tribution to society has won him
national and international recog-
milton, has been named Nashville
! Man of the Year" by the newly
organized Nashville Press club,
and will receive the clubs award
February II.
1t will be the first such award
given by the NPC and will cite the
| Fisk University president the
school is one of Americas leading
liberal arts institutions, for his
significant contributions to the
fields of sociology, race relations
and education, among others.
AS the outstanding Nashville
citizen during 1854, DR.. Johnson
is being honored by the club for
his work with such agencies as the
National Manpower Council, Inter
| national Institute of Education,
Ford Foundation, American Can
Ger Society and Conference of the
Science and Philosophy of Religion.
Among major contributions made
by the educator during the past
year were recommendations to the
Herald Tribune forum which led
that body to explore possibilities
for Successful Desegregation in
the Public Schools" AS a result
he was selected to deliver the clos
ing address for the forum.
During the same period, he was
elected to the board of trustees
of the international Institute, an
exchange agency which admins
tiers foreign and domestic educa-
tional programs. He was also
named member of the five commit
tees of the Ford Foundation, which
sponsors grants to American col
leges and universities for graduate
studies, Indignation in education
and self-surveys.
Another service performed by
DR.. Johnson was his work with
the ILL member manpower group.
Under appointment by the Presi-
dent, DR.. Johnson-sole Negro
member of the body-dealth with
one of the most pressing problems
facing the nation; how to best use
the nations manpower. In this
capacity, he participated in actions
leading to studies of manpower
for government service, including
the problems of civil service and
career personnel.
But it was for his contribution
to the local community that DR..
Johnson received some of the loud
est praise. A basic influence in
improving housing for Negroes,
he is currently promoting an inter-
community Child Life and Develop
ment program.
In the community level, DR..
Johnson is joined by his wife,
civic worker who serves as hostess
at Hermitage House on the Fisk
campus. She calls the award
C. The highest tribute that
could come to him, because it is
being given by the community in
which he has served so long :"
AS an educator, DR.. Johnson
has met with great success. Since
coming to Fisk in 1947 as its first
| Negro president, he has increased
the university's endowment by
| $3.50, 600, and raised the educa-
tional budget from S22O,495 to
$369,484.
His building program includes
four new, modern buildings (Hen-
derson Johnson) gymnasium, basic
college house, Scribner hall and
Park hall, in addition to four new
faculty homes and an art gallery.
The university is frequently re-
ferred to as the Athens of the
| South"
Under DR.. Johnson, the institu-
ton received such recognition as
acceptance by the American AS
ISOLATION of University Women,