[5] After the war, he partnered with Henry Luce, Briton Hadden, and another Yale classmate to form Time, Inc.
[5] He was granted two leaves of absence by the Temple Board of Trustees to assist with political campaigns and serve in the federal government.
His second leave of absence, in 1952, was to help create the United States Information Agency at the request of President Dwight Eisenhower.
In 1960, he worked for the Nixon presidential campaign and helped to form various other local Republican groups.
[6] That activity brought pressure on the university from political foes and so Johnson resigned the chancellorship in 1961.