Nicholas Johnson bio
This short bio reflects the variety of Nicholas Johnson’s roles as an academic and law professor; government official and school board member; public interest advocate; administrator, manager and corporate representative; writer, lecturer, TV and radio performer; politician; lawyer; and public health, computer and telecommunications policy specialist.
Johnson currently teaches law, travels widely, is a columnist and public lecturer, computer enthusiast, and fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. He has formerly, among many other things, served as co-director of a public health public policy institute, network TV host, congressional candidate, author of books, articles and a nationally syndicated column, FCC Commissioner, school board member, and law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black.
He was born in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1934, the son of Wendell and Edna Johnson. He returned from Washington, D.C., to Iowa City, where he lives with his wife, Mary Vasey. They have seven children, five grandchildren, a great granddaughter and two cats.
website http://www.nicholasjohnson.org/
blog http://fromdc2iowa.blogspot.com/
