“Roger B. Johnston enjoyed a distinguished career in public relations that spanned nearly four decades. After graduating from Harvard University, he spent a dozen years as press relations manager for Pan American World Airways in New York before moving to Chicago and joining the corporate communications department of Illinois Bell Telephone in 1965. During his twenty-six year tenure at Illinois Bell, he served as media relations director for more than two decades and also as director of Corporate Public Policy. Johnston retired from Illinois Bell in 1991 and was appointed an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. In 1992, he was appointed by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to the Chicago Advisory Council on Aging, which advised the City of Chicago Department of Aging. Johnston chaired the Council in 1995 and 1996. He served on the Board of Directors of the Dearborn Park Corporation in Chicago and on the Board of the Arthritis Foundation, Illinois Chapter. He was a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Public Relations Society of America. Johnston was a member of the Chicago Press Club Board of Directors for nearly a decade and was Chairman of the Chicago Press Club Chicagoan of the Year Committee from 1974 through 1995. In 1981, he received the Press Club’s Most Valuable Member Award. Johnston was married to Chicago journalist Marcia Slater Johnston for 47 years. He died on April 8, 2014 in Chicago.” - Marcia Slater Johnston, 2016