A. William Johnson - University of North Dakota, North Dakota

Born in Calgary, Canada, Bill Johnson graduated at the top of his class at the University of Alberta where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Cornell University and was appointed the first Fundamental Research Fellow at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh. He is a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which cited him for his pioneering research in the chemistry of ylides.