Harry johns biography
- Education administrator and accountant Harry George Johns was born on December 7, 1921 in Alliance, Ohio to Iona Huskey Johns and Ewing James from Springfield.
- Harold Winton Johns (3 November 1903 – 14 February 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
- Past President and CEO Harry Johns previously served as the President and CEO of the Alzheimer's Association and the Alzheimer's Impact Movement.
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Alzheimer’s Association Names Harry Johns President And CEO
CHICAGO, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer’s Association announced today that Harry Johns has been named president and chief executive officer. Johns comes to the Association from the American Cancer Society (ACS), where he most recently served as executive vice president of strategic initiatives.
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to benefit from Harry’s vast experience with the nation’s largest non-profit health organization,” said Larry Varnes, the Alzheimer’s Association’s chairman of the board. “In our 25th anniversary year, our organization is facing many of the growth issues that ACS has encountered. We are on the verge of breakthroughs in science and care and Harry’s leadership will enable us to accelerate our progress, enhance our ability to serve those who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and advance our quest for prevention and cure.”
“I consider it an honor and privilege to be joining the people of the Alzheimer’s Association in pursuit of such an important mission,” Johns said. “I look forward
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Harry Johns
Australian rules footballer, born 1903
For those of a similar name, see Harold Johns (disambiguation).
Australian rules footballer
| Harry Johns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harold Winton Johns | ||
| Date of birth | (1903-12-03)3 December 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Noradjuha, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 14 February 1991(1991-02-14) (aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | Adelaide, South Australia | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1926–28 | Footscray | 20 (11) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Harold Winton Johns (3 November 1903 – 14 February 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Notes
- ^Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 445. ISBN .
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Harry G. John
American philanthropist
Harry G. John, Jr. (1919–1992) was an American philanthropist, founder of the De Rance Foundation and heir to the Miller Brewing Company fortune through his grandfather, founder Frederick Miller.[1]
Early years
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. John's mother, Elise Miller John, was one of two daughters of brewery founder Frederick Miller. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1941 and was president of Miller Brewing from 1946 to 1947, succeeded by his cousin Fred Miller (1906–1954). John married Erica Nowotny in 1956 and the couple had nine children.[2]
As a young man, John funded leprosariums in India and camps for Milwaukee inner-city blacks. He donated money to dig wells in drought-stricken West Africa and provided seminary training in the Philippines.[2]
De Rance Foundation
In the early 1950s, Harry G. John, a devout Catholic, utilized his inheritance - Miller stock valued at $14 million - to found the De Rance Foundation, which he named after Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Ra
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