David R Johnson

David R. Johnson is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he taught for more than thirty-five years. His honors there include the 1994 President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence and the 1995 President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Service. Among his books are Illegal Tender: Counterfeiting and the Secret Service, 1863-1899 and The Politics of San Antonio: Community, Progress, and Power , which he co-edited with John...See more

David R. Johnson is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he taught for more than thirty-five years. His honors there include the 1994 President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence and the 1995 President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Service. Among his books are Illegal Tender: Counterfeiting and the Secret Service, 1863-1899 and The Politics of San Antonio: Community, Progress, and Power , which he co-edited with John Booth and Richard Harris. Johnson lives in North Carolina. See less