Awards & Recognition
★Society of Women Engineers President's Award (2008) - first-ever recipient for diversity and inclusion in STEM
★Second SWE President's Award (2022) for contributions to women in STEM legislation
★Texas Trailblazer Award from Family Place (2022)
★SMU Distinguished Alumni Award - university's highest honor
★ARIS Broader Impacts Champion 2023
★Juanita Craft Award in Politics (NAACP, 1989)
★White Hat Award (Texas Farmers Union, 1989)
★Scholar Award (United Negro College Fund, 1992)
★NAPW Woman of the Year Award for advancement in public service
Notable Facts
→First Black woman to chair House Science, Space and Technology Committee
→First registered nurse elected to U.S. Congress
→Served 30 years in House of Representatives (1993-2023)
→Chair of Congressional Black Caucus (2001-2003)
→Dean of Texas Congressional delegation at retirement
→Dallas Union Station named 'Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station' in her honor
→Founded Eddie Bernice Johnson and Associates business consulting firm
→First African-American Chief Psychiatric Nurse at Dallas VA Hospital