is also known for the alternative he presented to mankind in November 1945: "God Almighty in His infinite wisdom [has] dropped the atomic bomb in our lap." Now for the first time the United States, "with vision and guts and plenty of atomic bombs," could "compel mankind to adopt the policy of lasting peace … or be burned to a crisp." Sport affiliations Johnson was also the President of the Western League, a Class A baseball league, from 1947 to 1955. He was instrumental in the construction of Bears Stadium / Mile High Stadium, and was inducted in 1968 into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. Death and legacy He died at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver and is interred at the Fairmount Mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver. The eastbound bore of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel is named for Johnson. References External links Governor Edwin Carl Johnson Collection at the Colorado State Archives Retrieved 19 February 2020. "Colorado Governor Edwin Carl Johnson," National Association of Governors biography Guide to the Edwin C. Johnson papers at the University of Denver Retrieved 19 February 2020. Other sources McCarthy, William T. Horse Sense: The Divided Politics of Edwin C. Johnson, 1923 - 1954 (Greeley, Co.: University of Northern Colorado, Unpublished Masters Thesis, 1996) McCarty, Patrick Fargo Big Ed Johnson: A Political Portrait (Boulder, Co.: University of Colorado, Unpublished Master's Thesis, 1958) 1884 births 1970 deaths American Lutherans Continental League contributors Dispatchers Democratic Party governors of Colorado Lieutenant Governors of Colorado Democratic Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives People from Republic County, Kansas Politicians from Lincoln, Nebraska People from Fillmore County, Nebraska Politicians from Denver Democratic Party United States senators from Colorado American people of Swedish descent 20th-century American politicians 20th-century Lutherans