[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 27, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN RECOGNITION OF EUNICE W. JOHNSON

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 27, 2004

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Eunice W. Johnson, a nationally known business leader and humanitarian. 
On May 2, 2004, she will address the 129th Commencement Exercises at 
Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama.
  Eunice Johnson is a graduate of Talladega College with a B.A. degree 
in sociology and a minor in art. She grew up in Selma, Alabama, where 
her father, Dr. Nathaniel Walker, was a physician, and her mother, Mrs. 
Ethel Walker, was the principal of the high school and taught education 
and art at the college level at Selma University. Following graduation 
from Talladega College, Eunice Johnson earned her Master's degree in 
social work from Loyola University in Chicago. She also studied 
journalism at Northwestern University and interior decorating at the 
Ray School of Design.
  Mrs. Johnson is the secretary-treasurer of Johnson Publishing 
Company, Inc., which was founded by her husband, John H. Johnson, in 
1942. Johnson Publishing Company publishes Ebony and Jet magazines and 
is the largest Black-owned publishing company in the world. Since 1961, 
she has been producer and director of Ebony Fashion Fair, the world's 
largest traveling fashion show, which has donated over $49 million to 
the United Negro College Fund and other African-American charities. Out 
of her involvement in Ebony Fashion Fair, Mrs. Johnson created Fashion 
Fair Cosmetics, which is a world leader in cosmetics and skin care for 
women of color.
  Eunice Johnson has been an active member of many community 
organizations in the Chicago area where she lives. She has received the 
Outstanding Black College University Alumnus Award from the Alabama A&M 
University Alumni Association and the Honorary Doctorate of Humane 
Letters from Talladega College and Shaw University. She is a Golden 
Life Member of Delta Sigma Theta and a member of the Advisory Board of 
the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
  I am proud to recognize one of the most distinguished and successful 
alumni of Talladega College, Eunice W. Johnson, as she addresses the 
graduating class of 2004, and appreciate the House's attention to this 
important matter today.

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