Richard B. Johnson
Richard Brian Johnson is the author of the book Abominable Firebug (ISBN 0-595-38667-9) which presents a definitive overview of inmates' daily life at the Lyman School for Boys. Johnson invented the Rubber Ducky antenna[1] while attending this Westborough, Massachusetts reform school. Johnson went on to a highly successful career as an engineer and inventor. See U.S. patent 5,577,026. He also created the JMODEM file transfer protocol.[2] Johnson has also continued to be an activist for Civil Rights issues, and as a commercial pilot, has even communicated with the President of the United States on issues involving General Aviation. [3] Although still employed full time as an Engineer, Mr. Johnson has continued to give talks to groups interested in learning about the nation's first reform school. [4]
References
- ^ CQ, The Radio Amateur’s Journal. CQ Communications. 1980. Page 25, Twenty five years of antenna wisdom, Part II., pg. 25
- ^ Dvorak, John C. (1989). Dvorak's Guide to PC Telecommunications. Osborne McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0078815517.
- ^ "A letter from the White House".
- ^ "Newspaper article about one of Johnson's presentations". Retrieved 2007-10-23.
