Robert Royce Johnson

{{Short description|American inventor, engineer, computer pioneer, and professor}}

Robert Royce "Bob" Johnson (1928–2016) was an American inventor, engineer, computer pioneer, and professor. Besides the Johnson counter, a type of ring counter that was named for him, he developed the method of encoding numbers on checks still in use as of 2018.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=robert-royce-johnson-bob&pid=179460451 Salt Lake Tribune obit], March 2016