Johnson, Alvin Saunders (1874-1971)

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Jane Addams et al. to William Howard Taft, December 30, 1911

Herbert David Croly to Jane Addams, July 26, 1918

League of Free Nation Association Luncheon Announcement, 1920

Invite List for the League of Free Nations Association Luncheon, March 30, 1920

Minutes of League of Free Nations Association Meeting, April 9, 1920

Personnes pouvant s'interesser à une section américaine de la Ligue des Droits de l'Homme, July 29, 1923

Emily Greene Balch to William Jennings Bryan, September 7, 1916

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Birth Date

1874-12-18

Death Date

1971-06-07

Birthplace

Homer, Nebraska

Biographical Text

Alvin Saunders Johnson studied at the University of Nebraska and Columbia, earning his Ph.D. in 1902. He then taught at Columbia, the University of Nebraska, the University of Texas, the University of Chicago, Stanford, and Cornell. From 1902 to 1906, Johnson was assistant editor of the Political Science Quarterly, and in 1917 he began working as an editor of the New Republic. He was also an editor of the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. In 1918 he co-founded The New School in New York, a progressive research school for adults. Johnson became the director of the school in 1922. In the 1930s and 1940s, Johnson protected many European scholars from Nazi persecution by creating a haven for them in the division of the New School known as the "University in Exile."

Johnson married Edith Henry in 1903. They had three children together. Johnson died in 1971.

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Economist

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Professor

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DeLora, Renee

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Gender

Male

First appears

1911

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Alvin S Johnson, 1930 United States Federal Census

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“Johnson, Alvin Saunders (1874-1971),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 15, 2024, http://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3720.