Background
Whitfield, J. D. was born in 1928.
Whitfield, J. D. was born in 1928.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, University Oklahoma, 1954. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University Tennessee, 1960. Doctor of Science in Gas Dynamics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1972.
With Sverdrup Technology Inc. (formerly Agricultural Research Organization Inc.), 1954-1974, vice president, 1974-1976, executive vice president, 1976-1981, president, since 1981. Vice president, corporate principal Sverdrup Corporation, Maryland Heights, Missouri, 1977-1985, executive vice president, 1985-1989, president, 1989-1993, vice chairman, since 1993.