Eric Johnston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a motion picture association executive and U.S. government administrator
Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1896
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Date of Death: 22-Aug-1963
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Eric Johnston
- Eric Allen Johnston (December 21, 1896 – August 22, 1963) was a business owner, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, a Republican Party activist, president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and a U.S.
- government special projects administrator and envoy for both Democratic and Republican administrations.
- As president of the MPAA, he abbreviated the organization's name, convened the closed-door meeting of motion picture company executives at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel that led to Waldorf Statement in 1947 and the Hollywood blacklist, and discreetly liberalized the production code.
- He served as president of the MPAA until his death in 1963.
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