2008 HOF — Embracing Technology, Life

“Ralph is an innovator, willing to embrace technology and implement it into his business,” notes Heidelberg sales rep Randy Wiersma, who has known Johnson for about 15 years. “Lake County Press has always been on the leading edge of technology.”

Johnson was born in the small harbor town of Ludington, MI, where he was exposed to good people and solid work ethics, not to mention quality hunting and fishing possibilities (more on that later). He hopped Lake Michigan in 1950 and landed in Chicago.