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Florence Johnson: Ambitious, Intelligent, and Talented

Aft er inquirin g at USO about ob– tainin g her administrat ive crede ntial in the Schoo l of Edu ca tion , Florence dec id ed to return t o sc hoo l. How– ever, she decided to wo rk toward both th e ad mini strative cre denti al and her doctorat e. To suppo rt her– se lf and help with tui t ion ex pens es Florence compl eted an employment app lica ti on. With her background in for eign language Fl o rence was im– mediat ely hired as a fac ulty secre tary in Arts and Sciences. Floren ce began her emp loyment and her studi es at USO in January of 1980. Sin ce that tim e she has bee n promoted to senior secre tary and has compl eted he r ad mini strativ e credenti al in edu ca ti on . Thi s fall Florence will compl ete her classes towa rd s her docto rate and hopes to begin her di sse rtati o ,1 in th e fa ll. · Thi s summer Flor ence is takin g a w ell dese rv ed and long awa it ed crui se to Alaska. Alth ough Florence does n't like to look too far int o th e Safety Committ ee that..." th e sa fety program at USO is bett er than most programs at maj o r co rporat ion s." Teams o f two from th e Safety Committ ee* go out once a month to in spect the buildin gs and ground s and writ e up reports o n their find– ings. All o f th e probl ems th ey find are o r wi ll be corrected by th e Physica l Plant or th e o ffi ces invo lved. That committee is doing a grea t job for th e University, and w e need to fo llow their instru ctions and support th em. Did you know that our reco rd is exce ll ent and that th ere has never been a se riou s accident here? Th e Committee is current ly compilin g in– formation on eve ry as pect of our

1979 was a good yea r fo r USO be– ca use that was th e year Flo rence Johnso n decided that she need ed a change in her life. That change even– tuall y led her to USO. As secre tary to Dea n Pu sa teri in th e depa rtment of Arts and Sciences, Florence fe els that she is part of th e USO family. As a hi gh school stud ent Florence discovered that sh e had a love for lan guage. It was th ere that she bega n her study of French and German. In college she added Russi an and Span– ish to her list of languages. In addi – tion to th e five lan guages which she speaks fluently, Florence has studi ed both Latin and Chinese. Aft er comp leting her degree Fl o r– ence began a career in se condary education, t eaching and administer– ing fo reign language programs in New York and Massachus ett s. After twenty-two years (twenty good years and two not so good) Floren ce moved to San Di ego to begin wo rk– ing toward a caree r chan ge. by Norma Soll "Precautions? ...me take precau– tions?... are you kidding? They get in th e way, and slow me down, I can ' t be bothered with sa fety pre caution s! They wanted me to wear thi s mask when I sprayed pesticide on the trees; th ey also told my fri end in Food Service to lea rn th e Helmi ch Maneuver... You know, that' s what you do when someone is chokin g; and th e peopl e there are also sup– posed to lea rn how to properly han– dl e a large ca rvin g knife... are you kiddin g? It's a pain and a waste of time." What you don 't know, fella, is that, fortunately, the Insuran ce Broker for Workmen 's Compensa tion to ld our

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futur e, she does hope to complete her studi es with i n th e next two years. Th en what are her plans? W ell, there are many poss ibiliti es but befo re em– barkin g on her new and exciting fu– ture Fl o rence wou ld like to take an– o th er vacatio n.

''It's Called Cooperation!''

safe ty program and thi s docu mented report w ill be submitted to the NATIONAL SAFETY COUN C I L to be eli gibl e fo r a 198 3 award that wi ll be given by th e Council. Let's help by making sure that elec– tri cal out lets are not overloaded; cord s are not st run g across walk– ways; boxes are not stacked in pre– ca ri ous positions, and we rea lly need to take th e TIME...CHANGE OUR HAB ITS... and get us ed to the res tri c– tions o f SAFETY EQU IPMENT. BE PERCEPTIVE, RECOGN IZE SAFETY HAZARDS and let' s kee p th e reco rd EXCELLENT!!!

The Safety Committ ee is made ll/J of USO staff. facult y, and administrator,.