Johnny Joss

Joss moved to Tucson, Arizona, around 1928 to study at the University of Arizona College of Law, and began to gain prominence as at state and regional golf events.^[10] He moved to Mexico City in the early 1930s and competed for the amateur golf championship of Mexico in 1931.^[11] Joss served as the head coach of the National Autonomous University of Mexico football team in 1932.^[12]

Joss was married in 1931 to Eleanor Taylor.^[13] Joss received law degrees from the University of Arizona and George Washington University.^[14] He practiced law and served for a time as assistant general counsel of the Firestone Rubber Company. During World War II, he worked for the Office of Price Administration as chief counsel for rationing enforcement.^[14] He also represented the Economic Warfare Board in British East Africa. After the war, he became chief counsel for the War Asset Administration. He joined the General Services Administration upon it formation in 1949. He was appointed by Harry Truman to the Renegotiations Board and served as its chairman.

Joss died in 1955 at his home in Washington, D.C.^[15]