The HistoryMakers video oral history with James Johnson, Jr.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with James Johnson, Jr.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 14 min., 13 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Subject:	Johnson, James H., -- 1947- -- Interviews. African Americans -- Interviews. African Americans. Internet videos. Interviews. Nonfiction films. Oral histories. Oral histories. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11318547

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Varying Form of Title:	History Makers video oral history with James Johnson, Jr. James Johnson, Jr.
Other authors / contributors:	Johnson, James H., 1947- interviewee. Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 July 15. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	Civil engineer and education administrator James H. Johnson, Jr. was born on May 27, 1947 in Annapolis, Maryland. He earned his B.S. degree in civil engineering from Howard University, his M.S. degree in sanitary engineering from the University of Illinois, and his Ph.D. degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Delaware in 1982. After completing his graduate studies, Johnson joined the faculty of Howard University. Johnson's research focused on the treatment of hazardous compounds, contaminated soil and explosive waste, and environmental policy. In 1996, Johnson was named dean of Howard University's College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences. In 2010, he was appointed chair of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT), the first African American to chair this independent committee for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He became director of EPA's National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) in 2012.

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 14 min., 13 sec.)) : sound, color. 021413
Playing Time:	02:14:13
Production Credits:	Videographer, Matthew Hickey.