Albert Wesley Johnson

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Albert Wesley Johnson

Albert Wesley ("Al") Johnson , CC (born October 18, 1923 in Insinger , Saskatchewan , † November 9, 2010 in Ottawa , Ontario ) was a Canadian university professor , non-fiction author , official and President of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .

Life

Albert Wesley Johnson studied at the University of Toronto and graduated with a Master of Public Administration (MPA). During his subsequent studies at Harvard University , he also received the MPA and the Ph.D. From 1952 to 1964 he served as the deputy treasurer of Saskatchewan. Johnson was instrumental in developing general health care in Saskatchewan under Prime Ministers Tommy Douglas and Woodrow Stanley Lloyd , and has subsequently worked in this area at the national level. In 1964 he became deputy finance minister of the national government. From 1975 to 1982 he was President of the CBC. During this time Johnson campaigned for the qualitative and quantitative improvement of Canadian radio and television programming. After joining CBC, he taught at Queen's University and the University of Toronto.

Albert Wesley Johnson (ca.1950)

In 1980 Johnson was named Officer of the Order of Canada . In 1996 he received the Companion of the Order of Canada honors due to his "outstanding career as a civil servant, university professor and advisor in post-secondary education, social policy and national and international public administration".

For his book Dream No Little Dreams , published in 2004 . A Biography of the Douglas Government of Saskatchewan, 1944–1961 , he received the 2005 Donald Smiley Prize of the Canadian Political Science Association.

After serving in the national civil service, Johnson moved to international activities: in 1988 he became Special Advisor on Tax Regulations of the National Provinces of the International Monetary Fund , 1991 Head of the Mission for Administrative Modernization of the Canadian International Development Agency , 1992 Senior Advisor to the Government Program South Africa / Canada and 1996 Commissioner of the South African Presidential Commission for the Civil Service.

As of 1999, Johnson held the special chair on public order with the Saskatchewan government after returning to Canada.

Johnson had been married since 1946 and had four children and a granddaughter. He died at the age of 87.

Awards and honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Elizabeth Lumley: Canadian Who's Who . University of Toronto Press, 2004.
  2. ^ Making Medicare .
  3. ^ Knowlton Nash: The microphone wars: A history of triumph and betrayal at the CBC . McClelland & Stewart, Toronto 1994, ISBN 0771067127 , p.  422 .
  4. ^ Order of Canada citation .
  5. ^ Donald Smiley Prize . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  6. ^ A b Andrew TW Johnson: About Al Johnson - Biography . Archived from the original on November 13, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  7. ^ Former CBC president Al Johnson dies . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Albert Wesley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Al
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian university teacher, nonfiction writer, civil servant, and President of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Insinger (Saskatchewan)
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 2010
Place of death Ottawa