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National honorary taps 
Florida Southern College faculty member

LAKELAND, Fla. (Sept. 12, 2002) - Dr. R. Frank Johnson, chair of the Religion and Philosophy Department at Florida Southern College, has been tapped for membership in Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), the national leadership honorary. The Florida Southern Circle of ODK awards this highly competitive honor to only one member of the faculty or administration in any given year. 

ODK, the nation's top collegiate honor society recognizing responsible leadership, taps members for leadership and service in extracurricular areas, including scholarship, athletics and military; campus or community service; social and religious activities; campus government; journalism, speech, and the mass media; and creative and performing arts. 

Dr. Johnson has served for 30 years as a professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Florida Southern. During that time, he has helped to guide hundreds of students into careers in the ministry or other full-time Christian service. In addition, from 1977 until 2000, Dr. Johnson served as dean of the License to Preach School for the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. The two-week school of 12-hour days is an intense training for ministry candidates who plan to serve the church through the local pastor program. 

Dr. Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, in 1965; a Master of Divinity from Duke University, Durham, N.C., in 1968; and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., in 1973. He is ordained as a United Methodist minister through the North Alabama Conference of the UMC, Birmingham, Ala. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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