![]() ![]() It was at Illinois that she met Robert L. ![]() Majoring in music at the University of Illinois, she rose to the rank of concertmaster in the Illinois All-State Orchestra. "But still, I believed you should do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Concentrated on Music "I realized that after I graduated from high school, I always had a drive in me that desired to be the best that I could be," Johnson said in a 2002 speech at the State University of New York at Morrisville, as quoted by the New York Times. She aspired to a career as a concert violinist, and she would sometimes get up at midnight, after the rest of the family had gone to sleep, to practice her violin for hours in the kitchen of her home. She was a member of the cheerleading squad at Proviso, but her heart was in music. Johnson attended Irving School in Maywood and graduated from Proviso High School in 1966. Johnson was born Sheila Crump around 1949 in the Chicago, Illinois, suburb of Maywood. ![]()
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