Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Raymond L. Johnson
Raymond L. Johnson
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| Other authors / contributors: | Johnson, Raymond, 1943- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Houston, Texas 2012 August 17.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Mathematician and math professor Raymond L. Johnson was born on June 25, 1943 in Alice, Texas. With help from his mentors, Johnson excelled in high school mathematics. He received his B.A. degree from University of Texas in 1963. Johnson became the first African American admitted to Rice University, graduating with his Ph.D. degree in mathematics in 1969. Johnson then began his forty year career at University of Maryland where he was the first African American faculty member in the mathematics department. As chair of the graduate studies department, Johnson worked to eliminate barriers for minority students, receiving a Distinguished Minority Faculty Award for his efforts. His mathematics research focused on harmonic analysis. Johnson contributed to over twenty-five publications on mathematics research. In 2007, Johnson received the Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement from American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2009, Johnson returned to Rice University to serve as a visiting professor.
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