Howard Deering Johnson (February 2, 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts - June 20, 1972) was the founder of an American chain of restaurants and motels under one company of the same name, Howard Johnson's. Wikipedia
American businessman 18851972 Howard Deering Johnson had very humble beginnings in the food service business. www.faqs.org/nutrition/Biographies/Johnson-Howard.html
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