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A Conversation with Dr. Francis "Frank" Johnson |
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Johnson, Francis S. |
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Recording, oral |
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Webb, Brandon V., UT Dallas Communication Manager University of Texas at Dallas--History SCAS Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (SCAS) Johnson, Frank Johnson, Francis |
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A Conversation With Dr. Francis S. ‘Frank’ Johnson He Led Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, Which Later Became UT Dallas We sat down for A Conversation With ... former acting UT Dallas President, Dr. Francis S. “Frank” Johnson. Dr. Johnson served as president of the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (SCAS) in 1967 and presided over the organization’s transition to becoming UT Dallas and a full-fledged member of the University of Texas System in 1969. Dr. Johnson was acting president of UT Dallas through July of 1971, when Dr. Bryce Jordan became the first president of UT Dallas. During our visit, Dr. Johnson shared recollections and thoughts about: • Dr. Lloyd Berkner’s role in recruiting him to UT Dallas. • Space research he conducted using captured German V2 rockets. • The transformation of SCAS into a fledgling university and the opposition to that effort in the late 1960s. • The positive and lasting impacts of his time in leadership at SCAS and UT Dallas. • The efforts the university is undertaking to grow and become Tier One. |
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