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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Johnson
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Johnson.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 59 min., 57 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Corporate chief executive Robert "Bob" Johnson was born on June 17, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. After earning his B.S. degree in sociology from Roosevelt University in Chicago in 1958, he began working for the Chicago Housing Authority. In 1965, Johnson was hired at Sears Roebuck & Company where he rose to the position of vice president of specialty sales. In 1988, Johnson and his daughter partnered to form Bagcraft Corporation, a food packaging company. In 1991, Johnson and business partner Tom Bryce formed Johnson Bryce, Inc., as part of an initiative by PepsiCo to award contracts to minority suppliers. Johnson served as chairman and CEO of Johnson Bryce, Inc. until retiring in 2007. In addition, he served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, was a founding member of the Executive Leadership Council, and was a board member of LeMoyne Owen College and Clemson University's Packaging Science Department.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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