Dr. George
B. Johnson was
born in 1942
in Virginia,
went to college
in New Hampshire
(Dartmouth),
went to graduate
school in California
(Stanford),
and is Professor
of Biology at
Washington University
in St. Louis,
where he has
taught biology
and genetics
to undergraduates
for 30 years.
Also Professor
of Genetics
at Washington
University’s
School of Medicine,
Dr. Johnson
is a student
of population
genetics and
evolution, renowned
for his pioneering
studies of genetic
variability.
Dr. Johnson
has authored
more than fifty
scientific publications
and seven texts,
including BIOLOGY
(with botanist
Peter Raven),
THE LIVING WORLD,
and a widely-used
high school
biology textbook,
HOLT BIOLOGY.
In the 22 years
he has been
authoring biology
texts, over
three million
students have
been taught
from textbooks
he has written.
Dr. Johnson
has recently
served on a
National Research
Council task
force to improve
high school
biology teaching,
and has been
involved in
innovative efforts
to incorporate
interactive
learning and
internet experiences
into our nation’s
classrooms.
St Louis residents
are familiar
with Dr. Johnson
as the author
of a weekly
science column,
ON SCIENCE,
in the St. Louis
Post Dispatch,
and as the founding
director of
The Living World,
the education
center at the
St Louis Zoo.
Director of
The Living World
from 1987 to
1990, he was
responsible
for development
of a broad range
of innovative
high-tech exhibits
and an array
of new educational
programs. The
Living World
opened in 1989,
attracting over
1 million visitors
in its initial
year.
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