Dates

• Existence: 1898 - 1970

Biographical History

A. Rex Johnson (1898-1970) was a professor and academic administrator in Utah.

Arlin Rex Johnson was born on June 4, 1898 in Huntington, Utah to Edgar Amos Johnson and Julia Ellis Wakefield Johnson. He attended Brigham Young University, during which time he was drafted to join the U.S. Army during World War I. However, he never left the country. During his time at Brigham Young University, he was also a member of the Goldbrickers. He married Edith Jones on May 12, 1921. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1924 with a B.S. in Accounting and Business. For the next few years, he taught at Provo High School and at Brigham Young University. In 1931, he graduated with a M.A. from George Washington University. Four years later, in 1935, he graduated from George Washington University with a Ph.D. He spent the next fifteen years working as the assistant director of foreign agricultural relations in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He also taught night classes at George Washinton University during this time. He then became the director of the Navy Southern University Financial Management Program. He worked as a professor at Nevada Southern University and the University of Nevada in Las Vegas until his death on February 10, 1970.

Citation:

BYU organizational history, via WWW, Mar. 10, 2017 (A. Rex Johnson)

Brigham Young High School website, via WWW, Mar. 10, 2017 (A. Rex Johnson)

Daily herald, Feb. 12, 1970 (Arlin Rex Johnson; b. June 4, 1898 in Huntington, Utah; d. Feb. 10, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nev.; m. Edith Jones on May 12, 1921 in Salt Lake City, Utah; attended Brigham Young High School; graduated 1924, Brigham Young University; student body president, 1923-1924; MA, George Washington University, 1931; Ph.D., George Washington University, 1935; assistant secretary to William H. King in Washington, DC; professor, Brigham Young University, 1925-1929; assistant director to foreign agricultural relations, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1934-1950; director of Navy Graduate Financial Management, 1950-1963; professor, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, 1963-1970; est. Hotel Administration School at UNLV, 1964; served in U.S. Army during World War I; active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Familysearch, via WWW, Sept. 25, 2014, (born 4 June 1898 in Huntington, Utah to Edgar Amos and Julia Ellis Wakefield Johnson; married Edith Jones 12 May 1921; died 10 February 1970)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Sept. 25, 2014, (married Edith Jones 12 May 1921; drafted to army during WWI; died 10 February 1970)

BYU Banyan, via WWW, Sept. 25, 2014, (attended BYU, member of the Goldbrickers)

Byhigh.org, via WWW, Sept. 25, 2014, (graduated from BYU in 1924 with a B.S. in Accounting and Business)

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