In Memoriam

• Publication year: 2003
• Pages: 86
• Citation: Vol. 32 No. 1 Pg. 86

32 Colo.Law. 86 Colorado Lawyer 2003.

2003, January, Pg. 86. In Memoriam

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Vol. 32, No. 1, Pg. 86

The Colorado Lawyer
January 2003
Vol. 32, No. 1 [Page 86]

Departments
In Memoriam
In Memoriam

The Colorado Bar Association Remembers
The Lives and Contributions of
Colorado Attorneys

Boulder attorney Clayton N. "Swede" Johnson died October 14, 2002. He was 65. Johnson was born in Red Oak Iowa, and moved to Boulder in 1955. He married Linda L. Lacy in December 1959. He received a Bachelor's degree in political science and history from the University of Colorado - Boulder ("CU") in 1960, and earned a law degree from the CU School of Law in 1963. Johnson became a member of the Colorado Bar Association ("CBA") that same year. He served as legal counsel to Sen. Peter H. Dominick in Washington, D.C., from 1965 to 1968. Johnson resumed his law practice in Boulder in 1969, specializing in the practice of real estate law. In 1976, he joined Byron Chrisman and Michael Bynum to form what would become Boulder's largest law firm, Chrisman, Bynum and Johnson, where for twenty-five years Johnson specialized in real estate, land use, and corporate contracts. He retired from the firm in December 2001. Johnson was an active participant in several professional and community organizations. He was a founder of the Boulder County Bar Foundation and was a member of the Boulder County and American Bar Associations, as well as the CU School of Law Alumni Association. He was a member of the CBA Real Estate Law Section since 1963. Johnson was former chair of the Boulder Chamber of Commerce and served on the Boulder County Board for Developmental Disabilities, as well as on the board of the City of Boulder Housing Authority. In 1997, Johnson received the CU "Alumni Recognition Award," and in 1998, he was presented with the "Distinguished Achievement - Practitioner Award" from the CU School of Law. Swede Johnson is survived by his wife, four children, and seven grandchildren. Contributions in Johnson's memory may be made to: CU School of Law Foundation, Clayton Johnson Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 1140 Boulder, CO 80306-1140; or Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 3485 Stanford Ct., Boulder, CO 80305

Donald C. McKinlay died on November 12, 2002. He was 86 McKinlay was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1937 and the University of...