|
Robert H. Johnson (August 16, 1916May 19, 2011) was a newspaperman, attorney, and, from 1967 to 1978, a Democratic state senator from Rock Springs, Wyoming.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wyoming Legislator Database )〕 ==Early years, military, journalism== Johnson was born in Denver, Colorado, to Henry Johnson and the former Samantha Haines. In 1934, he graduated from high school in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Four years later, he graduated from the University of Wyoming at Laramie, where he was the president of the Blue Pencil journalism honorary society and campus correspondent for the ''Wyoming Tribune Eagle'', then known as the ''State Tribune'' of Cheyenne. He was also a member of the varsity wrestling team and an intramural boxing champion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert H. Johnson Obituary )〕 In 1941, Johnson began five years of service in United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a bomber pilot and second lieutenant. In 1944, he was sent to England with the 466th Bombardment Group for combat duty with the 8th Air Force. His first flight in combat was as a deputy group leader of an attack on Berlin, Germany. Johnson flew thirty combat missions over Europe, including special assignments for support of the French Resistance forces〔 against the Nazis. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Upon release from active duty in 1946, he was assigned to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel.〔 Upon graduation from UW in 1938, Johnson became state editor of the ''Wyoming Tribune Eagle'' and thereafter part owner and editor of the ''Northern Wyoming Daily News'' in Worland in Washakie County. In 1948, he relocated to Rock Springs, where for more than a decade he was managing editor and subsequently general manager of the ''Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner.''〔 On July 11, 1949, in Rock Springs, Johnson wed the former Helen Marie Hamm, who died in 2005. The couple had three children.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert H. Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|