1954-1972

S~·te BaekeJIJball pla}'IE!!' dtn!g htglh school. Most people, seema Dan for •bhe first time oa::i ·M:dly realize that this 'long– ha1ired, robust young man is reallay a pastor. Duiring his caireer as a •pl!asor, Dan has •also served vhe Da1e– ville Baptist Ohm-ch Daieville Mississiwi. • ' "I don't want to be a preach– er ahvays," iremartked 1Dan. "I 1 wouJd lrike to be a seminairy I proftessor iat ia univers1ty such as the University of Switzer– land's :School of Divinilty." Due to his youth ooicI never faltering woairmth, Dan has been an iniluence in the lives of many Eiast Central students. He 'leads a Bible study ·program ror dorundtory student arnd is al!! of– .fi:cer at the Bapti~t Student Cen– ter. His faii·th in the things he considers impol'tant has also ·illl– fluen2ed faculty members. Dan has often spoken out against things on campus he feels needs improvinig. Everyone considers Reveirend J-0hnson an addition to campus life.

California Student· Mini~ter Valuable ""t\ddition To ECJC

Dan, a strikiing addition to any campus, stands ~· 2" and J weiights 210 pounds. He moved tX> Mississippi in 1967 from Cali– fornia, where he was All· Conference Fooliball and All·

By PAULA HOI.J.INGSWORTH ''Some of my congregation thoug!ht me a hippie at first, but after three years the older members iflreat me as ia son; and the younger members .as a brother," saiys Dain Johnson, mast Centrnl Junior College stu– dent and full-t~me minister. Att twenty-two Dan leads a very active life. He is a full– time student, pastor . of oak 1Girove Baptist Chu:roh, NoX'a· pater, 1Mississi1ppi, and a mem– ber of seveira1l community onga– nizations such as •the Louisville Jaycees.

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