Donald Dodge Johnson ’33

Don Johnson died in Wilmington, Del., Apr. 21, 2001. He was 91. He was formerly of Alapocas and Upper Montclair, N.J.

Don was always an energetic, vigorous, active doer. He attended Moses Brown School and Gunnery. At Princeton he was captain of the 1933 undefeated track team and he was a quarterfinalist in the 1933 U.S. Olympic track competition. He lettered in baseball and lightweight football, of which he was captain.

On graduating from Princeton, Don joined the plastics department of DuPont Co. in Arlington, N.J., and subsequently served in the company's polychemicals planning and legal departments in Wilmington. He retired in 1971. Don served as chair of the board of the textile converter company Arthur R. Johnson Co. in New York, which had been founded by his father.

Don blossomed into an active artist whose oil paintings are in a wide variety of public institutions and many private homes. He was a member of the Delaware Art Museum, the Greenville Country Club, and the Retired DuPont Managers Club.

Don is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lillian Gilbreth, a daughter, Julia Lindquist, a son, Donald Dodge Jr., four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. We will all miss Don very much. He was a good, stimulating friend.

The Class of 1933