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- W301341738 abstract "[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To other bankers, most singular fact about Michigan bank CEO Arthur C. Johnson is likely to be that his bank is profitable despite eight consecutive years of job losses in troubled Great Lakes State. Simply put, Art Johnson, chief executive of United Bank of Michigan, Grand Rapids, is a good banker and a good businessman. Conservative on credit, leverage, and growth; aggressive in changing course when necessary. The incoming chairman of American Bankers Association has guided his bank through two radical course changes and has kept it abreast of new technology. He recognizes that in business you never stop learning, because nothing stands still--especially now. That's one reason why Johnson loves to visit small business customers. just light up when you ask them to explain their business, he says. there is always something I can learn from them for bank. Once you stop doing that, you're cooked. Johnson, 59, is one of those low-key people who quietly impress you more you get to know them. Spend some time with him and you find out that while he and his wife Patty are avid hockey fans--one of faster, more raucous spectator sports--his favorite pastime is gardening. And while he is CEO of a $425 million-assets, closely held community bank, he does not go in much for trappings, occupying a 12 x 12 windowless office. As a staunch believer in vitality and relevance of community banks, Johnson is as bothered as any other banker that vast majority of them have been unfairly blamed for financial crisis and are in danger of being hog-tied by sweeping new regulations. Yet he is not among those angry at the big banks. In fact, he is certain that indulging in that view will only guarantee worse results from Washington. Johnson, according to people who have known him for years, is a thoughtful man who doesn't tend to say a lot until he has heard both sides of an argument and thought it through. In regard to recent crisis and ongoing difficulties in industry, he observes that, It's an outlier problem, not a size problem, because there were big banks that didn't do [the bad] stuff, and there were little banks that did. In his view, flawed business models were common denominator. His main concern is that it is very destructive for some elements of industry to go after other elements because it makes it that much easier for policymakers to say they're getting mixed signals, which allows them to ignore industry input. That's always been case, he says, but it's even more problematic now because legislation concerning our industry is going to happen fast and furiously. Banker from age of six Johnson is about as steeped in banking as you can get. He has spent nearly two decades involved with ABA in various positions, has headed Michigan Bankers Association, and just celebrated his 40th anniversary in business. But his banking experience goes back even further. His father--Arthur H. Johnson--was a banker, although not initially. Johnson's grandparents were Swedish and Dutch. They farmed in Ludington, Mich., a port on Lake Michigan. Johnson's father was a farmer there for a time, as well, and also worked as a longshoreman. Watching a local banker walk to work one day, he figured it would be good to wear a suit to work. Several years, and many AIB courses later, Johnson became cashier of The Wayland State Bank, an agricultural bank founded in 1887 in Wayland, Mich., about 20 miles south of Grand Rapids. At time (1940) bank had assets of $500,000 and three employees. Gradually elder Johnson acquired stock in bank until he had a controlling interest. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Young Arthur grew up in Wayland, population 2,000, with his sisters, Bonnie and Lois. An enterprising lad from a young age, Johnson would catch night crawlers and crickets and sell them to bait shop in town. …" @default.
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- W301341738 title "A Good Time for a Steady Hand: Art Johnson Has Kept His Bank Relevant and Profitable over Four Decades. the Michigan Community Banker Is Ready to Lead the ABA through Another Momentous Year" @default.
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