Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Formerly the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also served as a United States Representative and as the Majority Leader in the United States Senate. Johnson is one of only four people who have served in all four federal elected positions.
George B. Johnson George B. Johnson Dr George B. Johnson (born 11 June 1942, Newport News, Virginia) is a science educator who for many years has written a weekly column "On Science" in the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch". For over 30 years he was a biology professor at Washington University and a genetics professor at their school of medicine. He has authored 44 scientific papers and ten high school and college widely used biology texts. Over 3 million students have learned biology from these texts. Johnson got his B.A. in English from Dartmouth College in 1964, and his M.A. in biology, also at Dartmouth