Leland T. Johnson Jr. ’54

Leland died Sept. 18, 2014.

Born in Port Chester, N.Y., he attended Taft School. At Princeton, he was a member of Colonial Club and the Glee Club and was a research assistant in the Woodrow Wilson School.

After graduation, he spent two years in the Army in Germany. Upon his return, he graduated from Harvard Law School and opened a law practice in Washington, D.C. While there, he performed pro-bono work both in the civil and criminal defense arenas on behalf of those in need. In 1974, the family moved to Olympia, Wash. Lee accepted a position with the Office of the Attorney General, where he stayed until his retirement in 2000 as a senior assistant attorney general. He was recipient of the attorney general’s Steward of Justice Award.

Outreach to the homeless and less privileged was a continuing and compelling passion for Leland. He worked to establish an interfaith organization of faith communities in the Northern Virginia area. As a member of the United Churches, he was active during the formative years of the Associated Ministries of Thurston County.

The class is honored by his service to our country and sends sympathy to his wife, Joanne; brother Frank; his daughters Christine ’83, Valerie, and Jennifer; and three grandchildren.