Frank Harris Johnson ’30 *36

FRANK JOHNSON died in Princeton Sept. 22, 1990, of complications following a stroke. At the time of his death he was prof. emeritus of biology at Princeton. Frank was one of the large contingent of Gilman School graduates who came to Princeton in 1926. At Princeton he was a member of Quadrangle and roomed with Ed McLean.

Frank was best known for his work in establishing luminescence (the emission of light by living organisms, such as fireflies and especially fish) as a tool for research on certain biological problems.

Following his graduation from Princeton he obtained a master's at Duke and later a Ph.D. at Princeton. He joined the Princeton faculty in 1937. in 1939 he was a Rockefeller Foundation fellow in Holland. In 1942 he was one of three scientists to receive the annual prize of the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science. He was the recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships. He was a fellow of the N,Y. Academy of Science and served as president of the NJ. branch of the Society of American Bacteriologists.

Survivors include his widow, Mary, three daughters, and four grandchildren. To them we express our sympathy on the death of this outstanding scientist.

The Class of 1930