John C. Whitwell ’31 *32

JOHN COLMAN WHITWELL, emeritus professor of chemical engineering at Princeton, died Oct. 28, 1994, of complications after a stroke. Jack prepared at Western H.S. in Washington, D.C., and was the Princeton chemical engineering department's first graduate student, receiving his M.S.E.

Jack's career was stellar. After teaching for several years, he was promoted to full professor in 1946. He coauthored a textbook, CONSERVATION 0F MASS AND ENERGY, in 1969. He chaired the committee in charge of planning and construction of the Engineering Quadrangle and was important in the development of engineering at the university. He helped bring the Textile Research Institute to Princeton, then served two years as its director and 50 years as a research associate; he was later named an honorary fellow. He consulted for several corporations as well. He retired in 1974.

Jack was a member of the American Chemical Society, American Statistical Assn., American Society for Engineering Education, Biometrics Society, and Fiber Society. He was a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The American Society for Engineering Education awarded him the Western Electric Award for Teaching Excellence.

After 61 years of marriage, his wife, Blanche Fleming, predeceased him by a few months. The class sends its sympathy to his friends and family.