PLAQUE

Description: PLAQUE READS: "PRESENTED TO ALEX JOHNSTON IN APPRECIATION OF DEDICATED AND VALUABLE SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ALBERTA THROUGH ALBERTA CULTURE AS A MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC SITES ADVISORY COMMITTEE" BRUSHED ALUMINIUM ON WOOD. BEARS PROVINCIAL COAT OF ARMS AND SIGNATURE OF "HORST A. SCHMID MINISTER OF CULTURE.

History: JOHNSTON SERVED ON ADVISORY COMMITTEE FROM 1969 TO 1972. AWARD PRESENTED IN 1972. ALEXANDER JOHNSTON ESTATE. B. JAN.26,1920, WEBB SASKATCHEWAN D. APR.12 1989. JOHNSTON BEGAN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1941 AT THE EXPERIMENTAL STATION, INTERRUPTED FOR WAR SERVICE 1943-46. FROM 1946 TO 1980 HE WAS A RESEARCH SCIENTIST, RANGE MANAGEMENT AT LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH STATION. IN 1961-62 HE WAS SECONDED TO THE UNITED NATIONS AS AGRICULTURAL OFFICER IN (WEST) PAKISTAN. FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT HE BECAME AN ACTIVE RESEARCHER, AUTHOR, & SPEAKER ON LOCAL HISTORY WITH THE LETHBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ALSO VOLUNTEER HISTORIAN AT MUSEUM & ARCHIVES. HE AUTHORED OR CO-AUTHORED NUMEROUS PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS, HISTORICAL BOOKS, BOOKLETS, NEWSLETTERS, PAPERS (215 TOTAL). HE BELONGED TO MANY LOCAL, PROVINCIAL, & NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & RECEIVED OVER 21 HONORS & AWARDS.