Robert Wood Johnson III (September 9, 1920 – December 22, 1970)[1] was an American businessman.
His aunt Evangeline married composer Leopold Stokowski (after they divorced in 1937,[6] he married Gloria Vanderbilt)[7][8] and his uncle John Seward Johnson I founded the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.
[10] He was succeeded as president by Philip B. Hofmann, the first non-Johnson family member to head the company since 1887.
After his tenure as president ended, he established a cosmetics concern, Johnson Industries, in Menlo Park, but was unable to develop the business because of illness.
[9] Together, they had five children, including:[1] Johnson died of cancer on December 22, 1970, at the age of 50, at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.