With Gratitude

ERIC JOHNSON, M.D.

Former

BOARD

Chair Completes Service As Trustee

put many Tower Hill students, parents, staff and community members back together as a surgeon! He has served as the school’s doctor rooting on the green and white through countless athletic competitions, and we are fortunate that his orthopedic practice will continue to support Tower Hill in this way.

Eric Johnson, M.D. joined Tower Hill’s Board in 2013 and has held a number of leadership roles over the last 10 years. He served as the Board Chair from 2019 to 2022.

Integrity, grace, humor and a deep loyalty to education at the highest level are but a few of the gifts Dr. Johnson has shared with Tower Hill. Bessie Speers said, “Personally and professionally, he has been an incredible partner to me as Head of School; he was always but a phone call or text away, offering a patient and pragmatic ear and insight as we continued leading Tower Hill safely through a pandemic.”

“Personally and professionally, he has been an incredible partner to me as Head of School; he was always but a phone call or text away, offering a patient and pragmatic ear and insight as we continued leading Tower Hill safely through a pandemic.”

Dr. Johnson cares deeply about the mission of Tower Hill and understands the value of education as a parent of two amazing Tower Hill graduates and as the son of an educator. Eric understands and supports our continued effort to be an inclusive community and has remained stalwart in his belief that Tower Hill is a stronger and more united community because of our commitment to social justice. He has also quite literally,

Dr. Johnson currently practices with First State Orthopaedics. He attended Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, where he also completed his internship and residency. Johnson completed an orthopaedic trauma surgery fellowship at Cooper/University of Pennsylvania and currently serves as the associate chief of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Johnson is also an adjunct associate professor in the physical therapy program at the University of Delaware. He has two children who are proud graduates of the Tower Hill School— Spencer ’16 and Malcolm ’18

Johnson Teaching Award

Established in 2022 in honor of Dr. Eric Johnson’s service as a Tower Hill Trustee from 2013 to 2023 and as Board Chair from 2019 to 2022, this award celebrates the art and craft of a Tower Hill teacher in any division of the school. The award specifically focuses on the teacher’s ability to embed and infuse the school’s core values around inclusivity, DEI and social justice through their curriculum. The recipient will be nominated by the Director of Social Justice in collaboration with the Division Heads and approved by the Head of School. This award honors Dr. Johnson’s love for Tower Hill and the teaching profession, as his own mother, Barbara Johnson, was a 5th and 6th grade teacher. She was beloved by her students and had an affinity for the “troublemakers,” taking them right under her wing! Dr. Johnson too has been in the caring profession and this award will ensure that teachers continue to be honored in their important work at Tower Hill.