President Daniel W. Johnson

Dr. Daniel W. Johnson accepted the call to become the president of Wisconsin Lutheran College in June 2008, and arrived on campus this past October. He succeeds Dr. Timothy Kriewall and becomes the third president of Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Dr. Johnson, an educator, spent the past nine years as principal and head administrator at Arizona Lutheran Academy in Phoenix, Arizona. He served as a guidance counselor and teacher at Shoreland Lutheran High School in Somers, Wisconsin, before his call to Arizona. He served as a principal at Christ the Lord Lutheran School in Clearwater, Florida, and in his first called position, he served as a teacher at Nebraska Lutheran High School, Waco, Nebraska.

Dr. Johnson holds a bachelor's degree from Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota, and a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from National-Louis University in Chicago. He earned his doctorate in education from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

An Arizona native, Dr. Johnson met his wife, Jana, in New Ulm. They and their three children have relocated to Wisconsin, where they are members of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Menomonee Falls.