Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Dr. Johnson was a truly unique individual with many layers. He was my undergraduate advisor from 1983-86 and challenged me in many ways. The day I told or informed him that I would like to get a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering he fell out of his chair laughing, if you would have seen my transcripts you would have laughed as well. That was "I will show you" kinda moment, several years later he was the first sign my dissertation defense sheet.
I would help him do many things that graduate students do for their professors like move furniture and clean out storage sheds, very typical. The most memorable thing he ask me to do was to drive his grandkids around the back of the engineering building in the Baja car, I saw those 3 little kids last night at the funeral home and apparently they enjoyed it as well. Somethings are just worth the time and effort.
One final thanks to Dr. Johnson, he taught me math, useful math. Without his math lessons in graduate Heat transfer I would have never achieved my degree. Thanks for the jokes, appropriate and not appropriate, Swedish stories and for caring, you will be truly missed by many.
