Richard B. Johnson

Richard Brian Johnson is the author of the book Abominable Firebug (ISBN 0-595-38667-9), which presents his account of daily life at the Lyman School for Boys. Johnson invented the Rubber Ducky antenna^[1] while attending the Lyman School for Boys. Johnson went on to a career as an engineer and inventor.^[2] He also created the JMODEM file transfer protocol.^{[3][page needed]} Johnson founded the Danvers, Massachusetts, software company, Route 495 Software, LLC, in early 2009.^[4][5] Johnson is also an activist for civil rights issues, and has communicated with the President of the United States on issues involving general aviation.^[6] Johnson has continued to give talks to groups interested in learning about the nation's first reform school.^[7]