| 1924 - 1955 |
| 1924 |
Born on June 29, 1924 in Porterville, CA. |
| 1942 |
Graduated
from Santa Ana Senior High School on June 11, 1942. Enlisted in U.S. Army Air Force on November 20, 1942.. |
| 1943-1946 |
Entry into Active Service on Feb. 20, 1943. Married to Betty Jeanne Reed on June 19, 1943 in Portland, OR. Honorable Discharge, Feb. 20, 1946. |
| 1946-1947 |
Joined U.S. Weather Bureau as Meteorological Aide in Boise, Idaho. Left U.S. Weather Bureau to return to school. |
| 1948 |
A.B. in Meteorology UCLA |
| 1949 |
M.A. in Meteorology UCLA
Thesis: Methods of determination of drop size and distribution in natural
fogs |
| 1952-1956 |
Meteorologist - Pineapple Research Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| 1956-1969 |
| 1956 |
Returned to U.S. Weather Bureau as Meteorologist, Instrument and Observations Testing Specialist, Meteorological Satellite Activities (MSA) Branch in
Suitland, MD |
| 1956-1958 |
Chief, Observational Testing and Development Center, U.S. Weather Bureau |
| 1958-1960 |
Chief, Instruments and Observations Reduction Unit, Meteorological Satellite Section, U.S. Weather Bureau. |
| 1960-1962 |
Chief, Meteorological Satellite Laboratory, U.S. Weather Bureau. |
| 1962-1965 |
Deputy Director to Director, National Weather Satellite Center |
| 1965-1970 |
Director, National Environmental Satellite Center, Environmental Science
Services Admin (ESSA) |
| 1965 |
Gold Medal, U.S. Department of Commerce |
| 1966 |
Exceptional Service Medal, NASA |
| 1970-1982 |
| 1970-1980 |
Director, National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS), NOAA |
| 1974 |
President, American Meteorological Society
Federal Service Award for Sustained Excellence, National Civil Service League. Married to Margaret “Peg” McFarland |
| 1978 |
William T. Pecora Award, NASA & Dept. of Interior |
| 1980-1982 |
Assistant Administrator for Satellites, NOAA |
| 1980 |
U.S. Presidential Meritorious Executive Award |
| 1981 |
Achievement Award, American Astronautical Society |
| 1982 |
Retired from federal service |
| 1982-2004 |
| 1982-1986 |
Consultant to the Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organization, (WMO), Geneva, Switzerland. |
| 1982-1983 |
Special Assistant to the President University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research (UCAR) |
| 1982 |
Brooks Award, American Meteorological Society |
| 1983 |
Testifies before Congress on the proposed NOAA budget for 1984 |
| 1984-1986 |
President, Damar International, Inc., Annapolis, MD, consulting in meteorology, remote sensing, and technical management |
| 1985 |
Silver Medal, U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
| 1986-1994 |
Senior Staff Officer, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering (NAS/NAE). |
| 1987 |
Group Award, National Research Council |
| 1989 |
Executive Committee, Panel of Experts on Satellites at WMO |
| 1992 |
Receives William Randolph Lovelace II Award recognizing outstanding contributions
to space science and technology |
| 1994- |
Voluntary Advisor, National Weather Service Modernization Committee, National
Research Council |
| 1999 |
Establishment of NOAA David Johnson Award recognizing young professionals
for innovative applications of earth observation data |
| 2004 |
Dies of Alzheimer's disease on Dec. 17, 2004.
Establishment of AMS David S. Johnson Undergraduate Scholarship
- Brief Resumé
- Expanded Resumé
Obituaries:
- Bulletin
of the American Meteorological Society, March 2005, pp. 421-432, written by Earl Laurence Heacock.
- Washington
Post, Dec. 22, 2004, p. B6.
- The
Sunday Capital, Annapolis, MD, Dec. 19, 2004, p. D2.
- The
Sun in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, MD, Dec. 19, 2004, p. 10B.
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