Donald Johnson:  

Life My son tells me not to tell all my "stories; it makes you sound like your 70! Nobody could have done all of that...I know you did because I was there for most of it, but..." Anyway, I taught in the Virgin Islands, was a territorial (state level) Wrestling Commissioner, worked in Admissions at Carthage, became Director of Admissions of Suomi College (now Finlandia University), received two M.A.'s and a Ph.D. from The University of Michigan, worked for the Office of Planning; the Office of Minority Student Services at University of Michigan; and the U of M's Admissions Office as well as teaching Political Science at Michigan and a multiplicity of other colleges including Elmhurst and Aurora University where I served as Department Chairman. At 31, I became the Dean of the College (Chief Academic Officer) at Springfield College. For the past two decades-plus my work entailed federal investigations for the U.S. Government. I was selected to attend Harvard University's JFK School of Government from a national pool of candidates. In May of 2005, colleagues nominated me as Federal Employee of the Year for Outstanding Job Competence and Community Service. The event meant you competed against other Federal Departments and Agencies for the ultimate honor of Finalist. The event occured at Soldiers Field Cadillac Club. However, those who remember me from high school may remember me as the booking agent/talent scout for the the number one groups out of Lyons Twp. and other high schools. The Unispheres, Almost Anything, J.W. Sole, The Reason For (out of R-B), The JamesTown Massacre and others to name a few were those I managed. Bob Monaco, the guy who worked for ABC/Dunhill Records asked me to come to work for him. His groups included The Cryan' Shames, American Breed and Grammy Winner Shaka Khan. I told him that the college thing had to be done first. However, the photo ...Expand for more