Matt Johnson
Cartographer
Matt served 24-years in the U.S. Submarine Force. He completed sea tours on USS GREENLING (SSN 614), USS HELENA (SSN 725) and USS MEMPHIS (SSN 691). Settling in Nebraska after retiring from the navy, he taught mathematics, physics and engineering for 15-years at Gretna High School and Metropolitan Community College.
He holds degrees from Columbia College (Missouri), University of New Mexico, MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program and University of Nebraska Omaha.
He has enjoyed the friendship of the Sykora brothers since the 1980’s. In 2023 Craig showed him the work he and Dale were doing on Talan. He quickly asked: “How can I help?” After reading some of the scripts, he wanted to see a map. After seeing the hand-drawn map from the 1970’s, he rendered it into Inkscape for Dale’s use. Since then he has been an enthusiastic part of the team enjoying ‘mapfests’ with the Sykora brothers. He really enjoys the meticulous detail and consistency Dale has put into Talan, and is very excited to be a part of having this project come to fruition.
