- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 59 min., 57 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Corporate chief executive Robert "Bob" Johnson was born on June 17, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. After earning his B.S. degree in sociology from Roosevelt University in Chicago in 1958, he began working for the Chicago Housing Authority. In 1965, Johnson was hired at Sears Roebuck & Company where he rose to the position of vice president of specialty sales. In 1988, Johnson and his daughter partnered to form Bagcraft Corporation, a food packaging company. In 1991, Johnson and business partner Tom Bryce formed Johnson Bryce, Inc., as part of an initiative by PepsiCo to award contracts to minority suppliers. Johnson served as chairman and CEO of Johnson Bryce, Inc. until retiring in 2007. In addition, he served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, was a founding member of the Executive Leadership Council, and was a board member of LeMoyne Owen College and Clemson University's Packaging Science Department.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Robert Johnson
- Robert Johnson
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1000486541
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Johnson.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
025957
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 August 1.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Corporate Chief Executive.
- Added Author
Johnson, Robert, 1935 June 17- interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.