February 1992
Arthur Johnson, Jr.
My father (Arthur Johnson) was born in Logan, Utah in 1889. Both of his parents were born in Norway, immigrated to this country and were married in Logan, Utah in October 1880.
My mother (Louise Wilhelmena Pritschke) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1893. Her father was born in Germany and immigrated to this country as a young man. Her mother was born in Pennsylvania. The family moved to Wasco, California as part of the early Wasco-Colony settlers in 1907.
My mother and father had three children:
Lillian Louise Johnson born: 30 Oct 1918 died: 12 Apr 1989
Arthur Johnson, Jr. born: 31 Aug 1920
Charles Robert Johnson born: 1 Oct 1922
Schooling
Elementary schools in Bakersfield and Long Beach
High School in Bakersfield (Kern County Union High School)
Jr. College in Bakersfield--graduated with AA Degree
Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana--Graduated in 1942 with B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering
Am California State registered as a Mechanical Engineer (M-7380) and as a Petroleum Engineer (P-1156).
Lettered in track (high school, junior college and college). School records:
High School
County track meet-P.V. 11'-9" held record 1 year
Junior College
440 yd. dash 51.0 held record 6 yrs.
Mile relay 3:30.0 held record 4 ? yrs.
College
440 yd. dash 50.3 held record 37 yrs.
Pole vault 12'-6" held record 12 ? yrs.
Work
May 1942-Nov. 1943 -- Jr. Hydraulic Engineer with the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville
Nov. 1943-Feb. 1946 -- Army Air Corps
Aviation Cadet
Aircraft Maintenance Officer -- 2nd Lt.
B-29 Flight Engineer -- 1st Lt.
Feb. 1946-Oct. 1983 -- Standard Oil Company of California (Chevron). Worked in California, Louisiana, Alaska, and Sumatra (Indonesia) as Design & Construction Engineer, Drilling Engineer and Petroleum Engineer.
Met and went out with many nice girls, but married the best of them all. Ruth and I were married Oct. 17, 1948. She is "the wind beneath my wings".
February 1992