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Fresno County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Richard A. Johanson

Candidate for
Board Member; Fresno Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

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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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