Matthew Raphael Johnson received a Warren Buffett Fellowship in 1995.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claimant's passage says he got a Warren Buffett Fellowship to go to Nebraska in '95, so the extraction is faithful, but none of the sources mention a Warren Buffett Fellowship or confirm Matthew Raphael Johnson receiving one in 1995.
What was said
… Michael Jones uh type of person, Russell Kirk, um, Dugan, you know, people like that. So, and and this is what I do. This is what I do full time now. How long did you last in academia? Well, I taught when I was getting my PhD for several years. I got a Warren Buffett Fellowship to go there in '95, and then, when I went to Willoughby Cardo, I left to get a university job at Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland. From there, I taught a couple classes at Penn State Montalto, a few community colleges. …
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Context. The claimant's own passage states he received a Warren Buffett Fellowship to go to Nebraska in '95, which matches the extracted claim's wording but cannot corroborate it.
Context. SourceWatch says Johnson completed his doctorate at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1999 with Sennen and MacPhee fellowships, and does not mention a Buffett fellowship.[3]
Context. ContactOut lists a PhD at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln from January 1995 to January 1999, which is consistent with a 1995 enrollment but does not mention any fellowship.[4]
Context. The FactCheck.org, Harvard Charles Warren Center, Equilar, and CFA Institute sources concern other people named Warren or Buffett and do not address Johnson's fellowships.[1][2][5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Warren Buffett Archives - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Former Fellows | The Charles Warren Centerwarrencenter.fas.harvard.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Matthew Raphael Johnsonsourcewatch.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 4Matthew Johnson Email & Phone Number | The Barnes ...contactout.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Equilar%20BoardEdge%20Connections%20-%20Warren%20Edward%20Buffett.xlsxequilar.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6CFA INSTITUTE AWARDScfainstitute.org · not rated · cited for: context
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