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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 93
BY SENATOR LONG
A RESOLUTION
To commend Maxine Roge' Johnson on fifty years of service to Northwestern State
University of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Maxine Roge' Johnson has dedicated her life to providing citizens
access to better healthcare by educating generations of nursing professionals during her
distinguished fifty-year career with Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU); and
WHEREAS, after graduating from Cloutierville High School in Cloutierville,
Louisiana, in 1958, she received a bachelor of nursing from NSU in 1962, and then
continued her education at the University of Maryland, where she received a masters of
science in nursing in 1964; and
WHEREAS, when her education was complete, she entered the healthcare profession
as a staff nurse in the perinatal unit at the Baton Rouge General Hospital, in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, where she served until 1964, at which time she began her illustrious career with
NSU as an instructor/assistant professor of nursing; and
WHEREAS, other than a brief tenure as the director of the practical nursing program
at Northwest Mississippi Junior College in Oxford, Mississippi, from 1970-1971, she would
dedicate her entire career to her alma mater, NSU, where over the years she would serve in
a variety of positions, including coordinator of instructional activities, assistant/associate
professor of nursing, department head of undergraduate studies in nursing, and currently the
director/associate director for grants and planning; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Johnson's talents, skills, and dedication to her students and school
have earned her many professional awards and honors, including the J. Dudley Talbot MD
Endowed Professorship in Nursing, the Robert Huie Endowed Professorship in Nursing, the
Excellence in Teaching Award for the College of Nursing at NSU, and the Shreveport
District Nurses Association Outstanding Professional Achievement Award; and
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WHEREAS, she has been inducted into the NSU Long Purple Line Hall of
Distinction, and the Louisiana Nurses Association Hall of Fame; and
WHEREAS, she is also a dedicated patriot and has served the brave men and women
of the armed forces for twenty-eight years as a nurse in the United States Army, and has
earned among other honors the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak
leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Armed Forces
Reserve Medal, and the Armed Services Ribbon; and
WHEREAS, during her many years of service, Maxine Roge' Johnson has
demonstrated the kind of leadership and distinction that is to be applauded, and she has
shone brightly as an example to the many men and women who have known her as teacher,
administrator, colleague, and friend.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Maxine Roge' Johnson on her fifty years of service
to Northwestern State University of Louisiana and for her tireless commitment to the
training of nurses and healthcare workers in the state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Maxine Roge' Johnson.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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