{{Short description|American billionaire (1930–2018)}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Imogene Powers Johnson | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|9|3}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|3|3|1930|9|3}} | death_place = | death_cause = | restingplace = | education = | alma mater = | occupation = | known for = | spouse = Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. | parents = | children = Herbert Fisk Johnson III<br> Helen Johnson-Leipold<br> S. Curtis Johnson<br> Winnie Johnson-Marquart | relatives = | website = }}

'''Imogene Powers Johnson''' (September 3, 1930 – March 3, 2018) was the widow of Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr., who was CEO of S. C. Johnson & Son of Racine, Wisconsin. She was the heir to the cleaning product company SC Johnson, and a billionaire. The Johnsons were major benefactors of Cornell University.<ref name=fitzpatrick/>

Johnson graduated from Cornell University in 1952 with a Bachelor's degree in mathematics. She served as a board member with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology from 1980 until her death. She was the first Life Member of the administrative board, and the Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity is named after her.<ref name=fitzpatrick>{{cite web |last=Fitzpatrick |first=John W.|title=View from Sapsucker Woods: The Inspiring Optimism of Imogene Powers Johnson |url=https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/in-memoriam-imogene-powers-johnson-long-serving-board-member-and-inspiration/ |website=All About Birds |publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |date=9 May 2018|ref=2}}</ref>

In 1965, alongside Wille Hilpert, Johnson founded The Prairie School, an independent day school, in Wind Point, Wisconsin.

According to ''Forbes'', at the time of her death on March 3, 2018, at the age of 87, she was worth US$3.7 billion.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=Imogene Powers Johnson|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/imogene-powers-johnson/|website=Forbes|date=6 March 2018}}</ref>

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