Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....JOHNSON, DAVID EDSEL  September 4, 2008
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DR. DAVID EDSEL JOHNSON

Johns-Ridout's Southside Chapel, Birmingham, AL

Dr. David Edsel Johnson, age 81, died September 4, 2008. He was born August , 
16, 1927, in Chatham, LA, the son of Dave Ernest and Bessie Johnson. After 
serving in the U.S. Navy in 1945-46, he graduated with degrees in both 
Electrical Engineering and Mathematics in 1949 from Louisiana Tech University 
in Ruston, LA, During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army from 1952-54 
and later received an M.S. degree and a Ph.D degree in Applied Mathematics 
from Auburn University. He then taught math for six years at Louisiana Tech, 
and for twenty-one years he taught in the Electrical Engineering Department at 
Louisiana State University.

While at LSU he wrote or co-authored over 40 academic textbooks, many of which 
were translated and published in countries throughout the world. He received 
several awards for excellence in teaching and was voted Favorite Professor in 
Electrical Engineering four times. After retirement at LSU, he taught 
mathematics at Birmingham-Southern College for eleven years, retiring again in 
1994.

He also wrote two non-technical books: From Day to Day: A Calendar of Notable 
Birthdays and Events; and his personal favorite, A Funny Thing Happened on the 
Way to the White House, written in 1983 with his brother, Johnny Johnson, and 
revised and republished in 2004.

He was a member of numerous professional and honorary organizations and also 
enjoyed the programs and friends at New Horizons at UAB. He had been for many 
years a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church.

He was a greatly beloved husband and father. He is survived by his wife of 49 
years, Frances White Johnson, and four children: Stephen Johnson (Nancy), 
Nancy Forshaw (Thomas), Mercedes Compton (Michael), and Katherine Holmgren 
(Joseph), and four grandchildren: Laura Johnson, Hallie Compton, Elijah 
Compton, and Tilda Holmgren.

He is survived by his sister Thetis Davidson, sister-in-law Martha Johnson, 
brother Johnny R. Johnson (Barbara) and numerous loved nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents, Dave and Bessie Johnson, and his brother 
Wayne D. Johnson and brother-in-law Russell Davidson.

A memorial service to celebrate David's life was held on September 20 at 
Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birmingham.

The family requests that memorial donations be given to Birmingham-Southern 
College, P.O. Box 549003, Birmingham, AL 35254; or to the Presbyterian Home 
for Children, P.O. Drawer 577, Talladega, AL 35161; or to a favorite charity. 

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