In Remembrance: Robert C. Johnson Jr. ’64BD Died on January 3 2014

The Right Reverend Robert C. Johnson, Jr., tenth bishop of North Carolina, died on January 3, 2014, at age 75. Born in Columbus, Georgia, Bishop Johnson graduated from Columbus High School and Mercer Univeristy, going on to earn master's degrees from Yale Divinity School and NC State, and honorary doctorates from the University of the South and Berkeley at Yale. He served the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina for 37 years. An outstanding preacher and devoted pastor, Bishop Johnson was also a founder of Habitat for Humanity in Durham.

North Carolina's News and Observer published a full obituary on January 6, 2014.