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RICHARD A. JOHANSON
PERSONAL HISTORY
Born in Fresno; married to Althea. I have two children, who attended Fresno Unified Schools and graduated from Roosevelt High School, and three grandchildren.
EDUCATION
- A.A. Degree, Reedley College/Kings River Community College, Reedley
- B.B.A. Degree, Armstrong School of Business, Berkeley
- Additional Studies at University of California, Berkeley & CSU, Fresno
MILITARY CAREER
U. S. Marine Corps, served in the Pacific Theatre and China ('43-'46)
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
JOHANSON TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, Fresno
(branch Offices in Oregon, New Jersey, and Florida)
- Chairman of the Board ('92-present)
- Founder & President ('71-'91)
CALIFORNIA TRUCKING EXCHANGE, Fresno ('53-'71)
- General Manager ('65-'71)
SUN-MAID RAISINS GROWERS, Fresno ('48-'52)
- Asst. Traffic Manager & Asst. Plant Superintendent
CLUB, CIVIC, AND SERVICE AFFILIATIONS
Fresno Business Council
- Chair, Board of Directors ('01-present)
- President ('95-'01)
- Chair, Education Committee ('94-'95)
Fresno Chamber of Commerce ('71-present)
- President ('91)
- Board of Directors ('86-'93)
Co-Chair, five Fresno Unified School Bond Campaigns
Chair, FUSD Oversight Committee for Measure K
Fresno Public Education Fund, Board of Directors ('93-present)
Center For Advanced Research & Technology ("CART," a joint venture of Fresno and Clovis Unified School Districts)
- Board of Directors ('97-present)
- Founding Chair ('97-'01)
Rotary Club of Fresno ('65-present)
- President ('85,'86); District Governor ('89,'90)
Rotary Playland Board of Trustees ('87-'93)
Fresno Leadership Foundation
- Vice Chair, Board of Directors ('97-'00)
- Chair, Executive Committee ('97,'99)
New United Way Board of Directors ('93-'97)
California State University, Fresno
- President's Club ('83-present)
- Bulldog Foundation ('81-present)
- CSUF Foundation Board of Governors ('92-present)
- President's Super Committee, Chair ('92-'95)
CSUF Craig School of Business
- Business Advisory Council ('86-present); Chair ('94,'95)
CSUF School of Education & Human Development,
- Business Advisory Council ('92-'94)
Community Colleges of Central California Foundation
- Board of Trustees ('92-'00)
Community Hospitals of Central California Foundation
- Vice-Chair, Board of Directors ('87-'95)
- Community Circle ('81-present)
- Chair, Cancer Center Capital Campaign ('92)
Fresno Metropolitan Museum Board of Trustees ('91-'97)
- Board President ('93,'95); Emeritus ('99-present)
Marjorie Mason Center Board of Directors ('98,'99)
AWARDS
- Fresno Teachers Association "Friend of Education" Award ('99)
- Leon S. Peters Award ('96)
- New United Way's George Osborne Award ('92)
- Outstanding Philanthropist, by NSFRE, Ca. Valley
Chapter ('94)
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