Memorial William Whipple Jr. *36

William Whipple Jr., a retired Army brigadier general, Rhodes scholar, and civil engineer, died Aug. 23, 2007, in Princeton. He was 98. Whipple graduated from West Point in 1930, went to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, and later studied civil engineering at Princeton. During World War II, he was on Gen. Eisenhower's Allied Headquarters staff, after which he served on Gen. Lucius Clay's staff in Berlin.  Returning to the United States in 1947, he led the Army Corps of Engineers in planning the water resources development of the Columbia River Basin. He also served as division engineer for the southwestern United States. Following his retirement in 1960, Whipple was chief engineer for construction of the 1964 New York World's Fair under Robert Moses - successfully completed and within budget. A recognized authority on water resources, Whipple served as director of the New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute at Rutgers, and was later an important member of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. He authored more than 100 books and articles on water supply, navigation, flood control, and power generators. A member of the Old Guard of Princeton, Whipple is survived by his wife of 23 years, Alice; four children, including William Whipple III '60; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.