Ann Kimball Johnson ’63

Ann Kimball Johnson grew up in Chattanooga and received a degree in English and a high school teaching certificate from Vanderbilt University in 1967. After graduating, she married Johnny Johnson, and they settled in his hometown of Houston, Texas. While their children were young, Ann completed a two-year program at the Neuhaus Education Center to teach individuals with dyslexia how to read and continues to be actively engaged there as a lifetime trustee. As a certified academic language therapist, she taught reading comprehension classes for 13 years at Episcopal High School and then at KIPP Houston High School and Yes Prep charter school for six more years. For 40 years she taught elementary level Sunday school classes at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. Other community involvement over the last 55 years includes the PTAs of Briargrove Elementary and St John’s School, Meals on Wheels, River Oaks Garden Club, Connect Community in Gulfton, and the docent program of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Outside the classroom, Ann enjoys casual golf, baseball, fishing, gardening, pickleball, ethnic restaurants, and galleries. She and Johnny have three children and six grandchildren.