William Summer Johnson (February 24, 1913 – August 19, 1995) was an American chemist and teacher.

From 1940 to 1958, Johnson was an instructor and then professor at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1958, he moved toStanford University inCalifornia where he spent the remainder of his scientific career. He did important research in the artificial production ofsteroids and was awarded theNational Medal of Science in 1987.

TheLemieux–Johnson oxidation, in which anolefin is converted into twoaldehyde orketone fragments, is named after him andRaymond Lemieux.^[1]

• PhD,Harvard University (1940)
• AM, Harvard University
• BA, magna cum laude,Amherst College (1936)^[2]

• 1968William H. Nichols Medal
• 1987National Medal of Science
• 1989Arthur C. Cope Award.^[3]
• 1991Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry & BioMedicinal Chemistry^[4]

^[1]

• "MEMORIAL RESOLUTION: WILLIAM SUMMER JOHNSON"(PDF).Stanford Historical Society. Retrieved2008-10-30.
• Memorial biography at Stanford University
• National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir

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