Dick Johnson (academic)

Professor Dick Johnson
Secretary of the Department of Education
In office 13 December 1984 – 14 January 1985
Secretary of the Department of Education and Youth Affairs
In office 5 April 1984 – 13 December 1984
Personal details
Born	Richard St Clair Johnson 1929 Singapore
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Mary McAleer
Children	Catherine (b. 1956) Peter (b. 1957) Claire (b. 1959) Terry (b. 1960) James (b. 1961) Judith (b. 1964)
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation	Academic Public servant

Richard St Clair Johnson (born 1929) is a former academic and senior Australian public servant.

Dick Johnson was born in Singapore, one of four children born to Australian parents. His father worked in the insurance industry in Asia. He attended secondary schooling at the Jesuit Riverview College. In 1946 Johnson began a double honours degree in Greek and Latin at the University of Sydney.

Johnson was Professor of Classics at the Australian National University from 1962 to 1984. In his first year in the role, he established the Australian National University Classics Museum so that Canberra students could learn about ancient Greek and Roman objects.

In April 1984, Dickson was appointed Secretary of the Department of Education (later, Education and Youth Affairs). He left his role in January 1985, succeeded by Helen Williams, the first woman to become a departmental secretary in the Australian Government.

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