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| Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr. |
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Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr., Karen Johnson Boyd |
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Herbert Fisk Johnson, Sr. |
Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr., grandson of company founder Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr., was the third generation of his family to lead S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc of Racine, WI.
[edit] Cornell
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
He graduated from Cornell University in 1922. He was an active board member from 1947 to 1972, an emeritus board member from 1972 to 1978, a Presidential Councillor and one of the university's preeminent benefactors. He was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity. The I. M. Pei designed Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on the Cornell campus is named for him.
[edit] SC Johnson & Son
He took over leadership of SC Johnson & Son from his father Herbert Fisk Johnson, Sr. and served as its president. He passed it to his son, Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr..
[edit] His home
In 1936 he hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design a new administration building for his company in Racine, Wisconsin. Soon after, he commissioned Wright to build him a home on nearby farmland. The result, known as Wingspread, was built in 1938-1939 near Racine, Wisconsin. It was donated by Johnson and his wife to The Johnson Family Foundation in 1959 as an international educational conference facility.
His 1935 two month, 7,500 mile journey to northeastern Brazil as well as his somewhat difficult relationship with his son, Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr., was documented in his son's 2001 film Carnuba: A Son's Memoir. The original journey was made in a Sikorsky S-38 amphibious plane and was to scout for stands of Carnauba palm, the source of carnauba wax; the film includes footage from a repeat of that journey that the Johnson family undertook in 1998.
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