Suzanne Nora Johnson, American lawyer and businesswoman
Suzanne Nora Johnson (born June 14, 1957) is an American corporate lawyer and executive. Until 2007, she was vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, chair of the Global Markets Institute, head of the firm's Global Investment Research Division, and a member of the firm's management committee.Johnson joined Goldman Sachs in 1985 and became a partner in 1992. While at Goldman Sachs, she chaired the Pine Street/Goldman Sachs University board and served as a board member on the Goldman Sachs Foundation. Prior to joining the firm, Johnson was an attorney with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett and worked as a law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals.In July 2008, Nora Johnson was appointed to the board of American International Group (AIG).Ms. Nora Johnson is lead independent director at Intuit Inc. and serves on the board of directors at Pfizer, and VISA, Inc.Ms. Nora Johnson is co-chair of the Brookings Institution and serves on the boards of several other nonprofit institutions, including, The Broad Museum, The Broad Foundation, the Carnegie Institution for Science, the Markle Foundation and the University of Southern California. She is an advisory board member to the Initiative on Financial Security at the Aspen Institute. Ms. Nora Johnson is also a member of the Global Agenda Council for the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems for the World Economic Forum. She served as chairman of the visiting committee for the Institute for Innovations at Southwestern Medical School at the Southwestern Medical School, University of Texas (2003, 2004) and as a member of the visiting committee at the Department of Embryology at the Carnegie Institution of Washington (2000, 2004) and Harvard Law School (2006).
Suzanne Nora Johnson earned her Juris doctor from Harvard Law School and her Bachelor of Arts in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Southern California. Forbes ranked her at 34 on its 2006 list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women".
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- 9Jan
Suez Crisis
British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty. - 8Mar
Suez Crisis
Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis. - 25Mar
Allen Ginsberg
United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds. - 24Jun
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. - 24Sep
101st Airborne Division
President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.