Des Moines, Iowa
1938 - 2016
Dan L. JohnstonDes MoinesDan L. Johnston died Friday, October 21, 2016 of cancer at the age of 78. He was born on April 6, 1938 in Montezuma Iowa to Orie and Vera Johnston. Dan was a staunch advocate for the civil rights of others. Even before he became a lawyer, Dan began working to set up the...
Read MoreMemories of my visit to Des Moines in 1980 with Randy Shilts to fight CBS. Dan drove me all over the state to various LGBT events in support of our efforts. What a great man!
Tom Burrows
November 10, 2016 | Brooklyn, NY
We are so grateful for Dan's life, and his passion for civil rights and the law. We were honored to know him! He WILL be missed.
Alicia & David Claypool
November 06, 2016 | West Des Moines, IA
Let the candle remind you of the essential oils I diffused across the hall that you liked so well. You are missed. RIP
Carolyn Krafka
October 27, 2016 | Des Moines, IA
Celebrating a life well lived in service to others. Dan will be greatly missed. Our family was blessed to know him and considered him a dear friend.
Mary Clare Hedges Evans
October 24, 2016 | Columbus, OH
Thank you, Dan. I will miss you, my friend. The world is a little less brighter with you gone and a lot brighter for what you did.
As ever,
Dennis Robicheaux
October 24, 2016
I read about Dan Johnston's work with the Tinker case when I was in grade school. It was an honor and a pleasure to know Dan when I served as a high school intern in the Polk County Attorney's Office in 1977 (which was quite an exciting time for that office). On the wall of Dan's office was a framed personal letter to Dan from Robert F. Kennedy. Quite a thing.
Daniel Hanson
October 24, 2016 | Ottawa, ON