Biography
Walter Curtis Johnson, was the Arthur LeGrand Doty Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University.
Professor Johnson, an alumnus of Pennsylvania State University, joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1937, where he served as chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering for 15 years, retiring in 1981. In 1948 he designed the original doctoral program in Electrical Engineering. He also spear-headed the modernization of the engineering curriculum after World War II, the development of the Princeton Engineering Physics Program initiated in 1958, Princeton's first program of teaching and research in Computer Science, and the development of Princeton's highly successful program in Electronic Materials and Devices. In 1955 he was made a Fellow of the Institute of Radio Engineers. In 1963 he was appointed to the Arthur Le Grand Doty Chair of Electrical Engineering. In 1967 he was given an award for Excellence in Engineering Education by the American Society for Engineering Education, and he was a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The Walter Curtis Johnson Prize for Excellence in Teaching was established by the Department in his honor in 1986.
Professor Johnson, an alumnus of Pennsylvania State University, joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1937, where he served as chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering for 15 years, retiring in 1981. In 1948 he designed the original doctoral program in Electrical Engineering. He also spear-headed the modernization of the engineering curriculum after World War II, the development of the Princeton Engineering Physics Program initiated in 1958, Princeton's first program of teaching and research in Computer Science, and the development of Princeton's highly successful program in Electronic Materials and Devices. In 1955 he was made a Fellow of the Institute of Radio Engineers. In 1963 he was appointed to the Arthur Le Grand Doty Chair of Electrical Engineering. In 1967 he was given an award for Excellence in Engineering Education by the American Society for Engineering Education, and he was a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The Walter Curtis Johnson Prize for Excellence in Teaching was established by the Department in his honor in 1986.
