Sacramento County
Biographies
GERALD R.
JOHNSON
GERALD R. JOHNSON--The well-known firm of Messrs. Devlin & Devlin, lawyers, could not well be better represented than in the person of Gerald R. Johnson, whose knowledge of the law, experience, character and aggressive devotion to the best interests of his clients have made him one of the favorites among popular law practitioners in Sacramento County. He was born at the capital on August 10, 1897, the son of Howard K. Johnson, a county supervisor and the manager of the Sacramento Transportation Company, who had married Miss Minnie Meyers. Both parents have been highly esteemed by those who, for years, have known them and have witnessed their pioneer work, the result of public-spiritedness and a willingness to get behind all movements for local uplift.
Gerald Johnson attended both the grammar and the high schools of his native district, and then matriculated at the University of California, from which he was graduated in 1920 with the A. B. Degree. He added to this training one year of post-graduate work, took the necessary bar examinations, and was admitted to practice law in the courts of California in August, 1921.
It was rather natural that his native town should attract Mr. Johnson as a place of permanent residence and as the best field for his professional practice, and considering the relatively brief period since he first made his bow to the public as full-fledged lawyer, he has done very well indeed. When the World War involved America, he enlisted, and became an ensign in the naval flying corps, seeing nineteen months of service at San Diego and Miami, Florida. In college, he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity; he belongs to the Y. M. C. A.; and he is a Mason.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 920. Historic
Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.