Carl J. Johnson | |
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| Born | Carl Jean Johnson July 2, 1929 |
| Died | December 29, 1988 (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse | Kathryn Van Deusen |
| Parent(s) | Fredrick Chancy Johnson (1902 – c. 1975) and Enabel Routh (1907 – c. 1945) |
Carl Jean Johnson (July 2, 1929 – December 29, 1988) was a public health physician who opposed nuclear testing.[1]
- ^ "Dr. Carl J. Johnson Is Dead at 58. Opposed Nuclear Weapons Tests". The New York Times. December 30, 1988. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
Dr. Carl J. Johnson, a public health official who attacked the Federal Government over the potentially dangerous effects of nuclear weapons testing, died of complications from heart surgery yesterday at Lutheran Memorial Hospital in Lakewood, Colo. He was 59 years old and lived in Lakewood. Dr. Johnson, an epidemiologist and radiation specialist, was the public health director in Jefferson County, Colo., the site of the Government's Rocky Flats Plant, from 1973 to 1981. Rocky Flats, 16 miles northwest of Denver, shapes plutonium into triggers for thermonuclear weapons. The plant opened in 1953.
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