Lawton Johnson faced many challenges even at a young age. When he was three, his mother contracted polio and she never walked again. He met his father for the first time when he was 12 years old, and only saw him twice in his life. After graduating from the Summit public school system, he stayed in Summit to teach, and became the Summit School District’s longest tenured faculty member, starting in 1956 and retiring in 2007, a 52-year teaching career. In 2004, the School District named the Summit Middle School after him in his honor. He passed away in 2009.
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State of the City 2012
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Lawton Johnson
Lawton Johnson faced many challenges even at a young age. When he was three, his mother contracted polio and she never walked again. He met his father for the first time when he was 12 years old, and only saw him twice in his life. After graduating from the Summit public school system, he stayed in Summit to teach, and became the Summit School District’s longest tenured faculty member, starting in 1956 and retiring in 2007, a 52-year teaching career. In 2004, the School District named the Summit Middle School after him in his honor. He passed away in 2009.