Willie O. Johnson

Age: 62

Summary: businessman and engineer who served as president of W.O. Johnson and Associates Engineering Consultants for more than 25 years and was responsible for overseeing numerous engineering and construction projects throughout New Orleans, Louisiana spanning from the development of a twenty-five hundred man military base to the design of a $2.5 million airport facilities renovation, who was a past president and member of the Pontchartrain Kiwanis International Organization and the New Orleans Alumni Chapter of the National Hampton Alumni Association, Inc.

Cause of Death: Heart failure while hospitalized following evacuation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

Born: October 24, 1942

Died: October 22, 2005

Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana