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will be to serve as chief Of the
Michigan State University group
assisting in the establishment ct
the University of Nigeria. Upon
returning to the United States, DR..
Johnson, who served as dean of the
Law School at Howard University
for IL years, will assume respon-
sibilities at Michigan State as a
professor in the general field OF
taxation and education.
Appointed q member of the U
S. Commission on Civil Rights by
President Eisenhower on March
10, 1859, DR.. Johnson plans to
continue to fulfill the duties and
responsibilities of that position.
In submitting his resignation to
Dean Spottswood w. Robinson III:
Commissioner johnson stated, in
part: .e
1.-THE timing Of my resignation
is entirely fortuitous and I want
very much to assure you that /
would have considered it both an
honor and a privilege to serve on
the faculty under your deanship.
81 have accepted q very chal-
longing offer of a professorship
on the faculty of Michigan State
University.
~ was glad to be able to join
other members of the Law School
faculty in welcoming you as the
new dean. You are aware Of the
high regard I have always had for
you as a person. The School of
Law is fortunate indeed to have
one Of your outstanding record as
a scholar and advocate to give it
leadership"
DR.. Johnson is planning to par
ticipate in the Commission on Civil
Rights voting hearing in New Or
leans, La, on September 27-28, and
depart shortly thereafter for Nj
geria.
In an interview, DR.. Johnson
stated:
zone of the most challenging
features about this Nigerian prof.
ect is the thought and planning
behind it. This will be an effort
to create a University and event
ually an educational system geared
to the special needs of Nigeria.
During the planning stages
emphasis has been placed upon
the establishment of a university
that will relate it's curriculum, re-
search, and other activities to the
social and economic needs of Nj.
geria."
Commissioner Johnson stated
further: 4.
ain order that Nigerians will
effectively perform roles of lead
ership which they are increasingly
assuming and will assume to ar
even greater degree with the com.
ing of Independence on Octobe,
LIST, there is very great interest
in the country for founding a uni.
versity, and subsequently a broad.
er educational system rooted II
african life PRONE t-'@a7 -" u
although there is desire J tt
fully draw upon the educationa
PHILOSOPHERS, methods, and expert
ences of other cultures, there is
the hope that in doing this the re.
sultant system will not be an imi
tation but rather a full adaptation
to the needs of the indigenous cul.
ture."
DR.. Johnson, who was born ir
Albuquerque. New Mexico in 1900
received the B.A., LIB, and J.S.D
! degrees from the University Of
California at Berkeley, California
Prior to being appointed Com.
missioner, he served the U. S. Com
mission on Civil Rights as Directo,
of the Office of Laws, Plans ane
Research.
DR.. Johnson was dean of the
Law School at Howard University
for twelve years, beginning ir
1916. Among the other positions
he held were: professor of law
Howard University, 1945-46; as
sistant executive secretary, Pres
ident's Committee on Fair Employ.
ment Practice, 1941-42; deputy
chairman and acting general coun.
sci, Presidents Committee on Fai,
Employment Practice, 1943-45
assistant professor of law, Howard
University, 1940-41; junior assist
ant tax counsel and senior assist.
ant tax counsel, California State
Board Of Equalization, 1933-194O
Commissioner Johnson is a mem.
Der of the following organizations
California Bar. Bar CT the Supreme
Court of the United States. Amer.
lean Bar Association, National Bal
Association, Association of Ameri.
can Law Schools, American Law
Institute (honorary), National Ed
ucational Association, American
Association of University Profes.
sors, National Legal Committee
of the NAACP, The Board of Di-
rectors of the District of Columbia
Legal Aid Society, Advisory Com
mittee, Juvenile Court of the Dis
tr'ct of Columbia; American Judi
cature Society.