Carl J. Johnson

Carl Jean Johnson (July 2, 1929 – December 29, 1988) was a public health physician who opposed nuclear testing.

Birth and marriage Carl Johnson was born in Sims, Indiana on July 2, 1929, to Fredrick Chancy Johnson and Enabel Routh. He had siblings George, Derrold and Sarah. He was raised in Grant County, Indiana. At age 12 he came down with tuberculosis, and though he overcame the sickness his growth was stunted. He began a strict weightlifting regimen and developed proper eating habits that allowed him to overcome his physical weakness. At least once in his later life, he would have to have cysts from the tuberculosis infection removed. Carl married Kathryn Van Deusen (1923–2005). Kathryn was the daughter of Emmett Peter Van Deusen I (1878–1965) and Margaret McKenzie Barton (1885–1963). He later filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Jefferson County, Colorado. After the Colorado State Supreme Court inverted in the case, Johnson's attorney stated in a second lawsuit that the original trail judge said "It would not be good for Carl Johnson to get his job back. In fact it would be a disaster." The judge responded by saying this statement was taken out of context and he thought it would be bad for Johnson because the Board of Health no longer wanted him there.

Death and burial Johnson died on December 29, 1988, at Lutheran Memorial Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, of complications following coronary bypass surgery. He was buried in the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Colorado on January 3, 1989.

Publications Carl J. Johnson, "Funding of Radiation Protection Standards Research", letter to the editor, American Journal of Public Health, February 1979. Carl J. Johnson, "Cancer Incidence in an Area of Radioactive Fallout Downwind from the Nevada Test Site", Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 251, Number 2, January 13, 1984. Carl J. Johnson, "Rocky Flats: Death Inc." 'The New York Times', Op-Ed; Sunday, December 18, 1988, Op-ed E-23.

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