Dr. Carl Milton Johnson (source: gorgas.gob.pa)
Dr. Carl M. Johnson – Graduated 1923; Inducted 1968
Dr. Carl Milton Johnson was born in York, Pa and moved to Alliance as a young child. He earned his B.S. degree from Mount Union College in 1928, the same year that he married the former Mildred Frances Davis. He went on to earn his science degree from Johns Hopkins in 1931 and his M.D. degree in 1948 from Stanford University School of Medicine. Prior to attending Stanford, from 1935 to 1945, he was Assistant Director and Protozoologist at Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in the Republic of Panama.
Following his graduation from Stanford and his internship at Stanford University Hospital, Dr. Johnson returned to Panama in 1951 and served as Health Officer and Pathologist for the Panama Canal Zone Government for four years. From 1954 to 1964 he returned to the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory of Tropical and Preventive Medicine in Panama as its director. During his many years in Panama, his two main interests were insect borne viruses and related diseases caused by those viruses.
Dr. Carl Milton Johnson was born in York, Pa and moved to Alliance as a young child. He earned his B.S. degree from Mount Union College in 1928, the same year that he married the former Mildred Frances Davis. He went on to earn his science degree from Johns Hopkins in 1931 and his M.D. degree in 1948 from Stanford University School of Medicine. Prior to attending Stanford, from 1935 to 1945, he was Assistant Director and Protozoologist at Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in the Republic of Panama.
Following his graduation from Stanford and his internship at Stanford University Hospital, Dr. Johnson returned to Panama in 1951 and served as Health Officer and Pathologist for the Panama Canal Zone Government for four years. From 1954 to 1964 he returned to the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory of Tropical and Preventive Medicine in Panama as its director. During his many years in Panama, his two main interests were insect borne viruses and related diseases caused by those viruses.
Gorgas Memorial Labratory, Panama (source: amazon.com)
Additionally, an article in the April 1939 issue of Popular Science magazine credited Dr. Johnson of the Gorgas Tropical Research Laboratories in the Canal Zone as being the first to extract snake venom by using mild electric shock.
Dr. Johnson has served as a special consultant to the National Institute of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Tropical Diseases and the Middle American Research Unit. In 1959 he was named Professor Extraordinario, Ad-honorem at the University of Panama School of Medicine. He is a nationally known authority in his field and serves as a visiting lecturer in medical schools.
Dr. Johnson has served as a special consultant to the National Institute of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Tropical Diseases and the Middle American Research Unit. In 1959 he was named Professor Extraordinario, Ad-honorem at the University of Panama School of Medicine. He is a nationally known authority in his field and serves as a visiting lecturer in medical schools.
Above is the first page of a an article in the April 1939 "Popular Science" magazine crediting Dr. Carl Johnson as the first to extract snake venom using a mild electric shock. (source: book.google.com)
Dr. Johnson holds memberships in many scientific societies including the Medical Association of the Isthmian Canal Zone, which he served as President in 1953, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the American Society of Parasitologists, and the New York Academy of Science. He was also recognized as a Fellow by the American Public Health Association and the American College of Preventive Medicine and a Teaching Fellow in Parasitology at Johns Hopkins University.
Biographical update: On February 3, 1991, Mildred Johnson passed away at age 83 in Ventura, California where the Johnsons were living in retirement. Dr. Johnson passed away on October 15, 2002 at the age of 97. They are survived by a daughter and a son. They were preceded in death by another son in 1977. They are interred in the mausoleum at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, California.
Biographical update: On February 3, 1991, Mildred Johnson passed away at age 83 in Ventura, California where the Johnsons were living in retirement. Dr. Johnson passed away on October 15, 2002 at the age of 97. They are survived by a daughter and a son. They were preceded in death by another son in 1977. They are interred in the mausoleum at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, California.