PHYLLIS M CRYOR JOHNSON's Page

Current Home {City, ST}

West Des Moines, IA

Attended HP {No, Attended, or Graduate}

Graduate

High School Graduation Year {yyyy}

1958

June, January, or August

August

Elementary Schools Attended

28th St School (LA), Betsy Ross (60th & Wabash, Chicago) PS 24 (NY, Harlem, NY)

Education after High School

Wilson Jr College (Kennedy-King)
University of MD, San Pablo Air Base, San Pablo, Spain, no degree
University of Illinois Chicago, BA, 1976
University of Chicago, AM, 1978
University of Chicago, PhD, 1988

Business

Before degree, paraprofessional social worker and single mother
Evaluations/research with nonprofits, unisiversity.
Developed quality process for non-profits and published a book to accompany using the process, "Preparing to Measure Outcomes,"
Project development, planning, implementation; analyzing data and interpreting results; producing reports.
Also before degree, wrote children's stories published in Ebony Jr! (Johnson Publishing Company)

Spouse

Douglas Parker alumni, 1955, divorced in 1971; Doug died in 1987

Kids {Name, Birth Year; ...}

Kevin Johnson 1961, Delia Lane 1962, Kimberley Myles 1965

Biography

Interesting life before high school. Lived in and went to school in three different large cities (LA, NY, Chicago) and learned at an early age that different cultures can apply for different environments.

Left Wilson to marry Douglas, who was in Airforce stationed in California. Soon he was transfered to France; we had three children by then. Next, he was transferred to Spain. After that we came back state side. I had taken two classes overseas (Spanish).

The marriage ended soon after we returned to Chicago. I started taking more classes so I could get tuition grants, while I worked fulltime as a single mother to finish my bachelor's. For graduate school, I decided to attend University of Chicago for graduate school because it provided family housing and my kids were teens. (The consequence was that I jush finished paying for my school loan August 7, 2012--this month! But it was worth it: I had better jobs and higher salaries becasue I did)
The rest is non dramatic until my health problems developed. My sister, LaVerne, insisted I come live with her, and it's great. I get exercise almost daily and we do activities. Since I moved here, one of my daughters and her family have moved here, too.