Obituaries

He was a member of the Potomac Valley Track Club.

His wife of 62 years, Alice Jean Davis Wood, died in 2003. A daughter, Nancy Wood, died in 1987.

Survivors include a daughter, Susan Wood of San Ramon, Calif.; a granddaughter; and a great-grandson.

Thomas Nick JohnsonGWU Anatomy Professor

Thomas Nick Johnson, 83, a retired anatomy professor at George Washington University's School of Medicine, died of pneumonia and respiratory distress Sept. 26 at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore. He lived in Silver Spring.

Dr. Johnson worked at the medical school from 1954 to 1990, teaching many area doctors and nurses neuroanatomy. He received GWU's Golden Apple teaching award.

Born in Davenport, Iowa, he grew up on a family farm. He graduated from St. Ambrose College in his hometown and received a master's degree in 1949 from Michigan State University and a doctoral degree in 1953 from the University of Michigan in anatomy. He taught physiology at Michigan State and had fellowships at Woods Hole, Mass., and at UCLA Medical Center.

Dr. Johnson moved to Washington in 1954 to teach at George Washington. He was a frequent lecturer at Washington Hospital Center, St. Elizabeths Hospital, the U.S. Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed Medical Center and Holy Cross Hospital. He was the recipient of several research grants from the National Institutes of Health, where he was a special consultant for many years.

An amateur photographer, he had one of his photos published in The Washington Post in the 1960s. He enjoyed boating, vacationing on Cape Cod, traveling the United States and, in his younger days, flying airplanes.

Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Despina Mary Johnson of Silver Spring; three daughters, Debbie Johnson of Dortmund, Germany, Madeline Johnson-Oler of Gaithersburg and Donna Beagle of Eldersburg; and four grandsons.