Benn Wainwright Jesser

Background

Jesser, Benn Wainwright was born on June 10, 1915 in New York City. Son of Edward Arthur and Vera Wainwright (Benn) Jesser.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1936. Master of Science, Princeton University, 1941.

Career

Control engineer, du Pont Company, Gibbstown, New Jersey, 1936-1938; instructor, Princeton University, 1938-1942; vice president operations, M.W. Kellogg, New York City/London, 1942-1971; president, Hoechst-Uhde Corporation, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1971-1980; chemical engineering consultant, Hoechst-Uhde Corporation, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, since 1980.

Membership

Chairman board trustees Stoneleigh Burnham School. Board directors council Girl Scouts United States. Trustee Saddle River Country Day School.

Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Princeton Engineering Association (president), Class '36 Princeton (president), Committee Engineering Law, Princeton Alumni of Nantucket (president), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi. Clubs: Sankaty Head Golf, Amelia Island Plantation, Nantucket Yacht, Fox Meadow Tennis. Princeton (New York City).

Connections

Married Alice Forster Abeel, July 3, 1939 (deceased). Married Dorothea Potter Coogan, August 29, 1954 (divorced). Children: Wendy, Penny, Bonnie Benn, John, Dorothea.

Married Barbara Gill Jenter, June 6, 1982.

Father:

Edward Arthur Jesser

Mother:

Vera Wainwright (Benn) Jesser

Spouse:

Barbara Gill Jenter

Spouse:

Alice Forster Abeel

Spouse:

Dorothea Potter Coogan

child:

Penny Jesser

child:

John Jesser

child:

Wendy Jesser

child:

Dorothea Jesser

child:

Bonnie Benn Jesser