Dr Anthony Johnson Essay, Research Paper

Dr. Anthony D. Johnson

Dr. Johnson was born in Brooklyn,New York. His

father was a bus driver for the area and his mom worked at

the local post office. Since he had no role models in his

family what led him to become a scientist? One Christmas,

when he was nine years old he received a chemistry set.

That turned everything around. That chemistry set inspired

him to become a scientist.

In later years, he went on to Samuel Tilton high

school. After being very successful through out his high

school career, he went on to college. On the graduation

night from high school he got married. He was 17 years

old. He felt special because he was the first in his family to

go to college.

Now he was facing a new challenge. He was going on

to college. He went to Poly Tech Institute. While in

college he was invited to go on a trip to AT&T Bell

Laboratories in New Jersey. That trip was a big event in

his life.

Today, he is working at the research department at

AT&T Bell Laboratories. There he is studying about

lasers. His job is to experiment with lasers and try to find

quicker ways to send the phone messages through the

phone lines.