The money will help students whose lives were upended by Hurricane Harvey and who slipped through the existing safety net at campuses in College Station, Galveston, Kingsville, Prairie View and Corpus Christi.
Technology Commercialization also honors 53 faculty members and other researchers in The Texas A&M System for securing patents for their inventions during 2018.
Johnson joined the Texas A&M faculty in September 2012, was named head of Texas A&M Statistics in March 2014 and has been serving as interim dean of Texas A&M Science since July 1, 2018.
Veteran collegiate marketing and media relations administrator Douglas Walker takes the helm with a vision to expand public broadcasting with PBS member station KAMU-TV and NPR affiliate KAMU 90.9 FM at the university.