James H. Porter

Background

Porter, James H. was born on November 11, 1933 in Port Chester, New York, United States. Son of George James and Josephine (Hall) Porter.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1955; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963.

Career

Technical service engineer, Exxon, Linden, New Jersey, 1955-1958; research engineer, Chevron Research Corporation, Richmond, California, 1963-1967; manager process design, Abcor Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1971; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1971-1976; vice president energy division, Energy Resources Company Inc., Cambridge, 1976-1979; president, Energy and Environmental Engineering Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1979-1994; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, since 1994; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Ultraviolet Technologies Inc., 1994-1996; director, International Power Institute Morehouse College, since 1998. Science advisory board United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1976-1983.

Achievements

• James H. Porter has been listed as a noteworthy chemical engineering executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Tisbury Waterways Inc., Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, 1990, Trustees of Reservation, Boston, 1991, Cambridge Adult Education Center, Cambridge, 1988, secretary, 1991. Member American Institute Chemical Engineers, National Organization Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (president 1978-1979, board directors, Founders award 1983, Henry Hill lecturer 1995, Percy Julian award 1997), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Pi Delta Epsilon.

Interests

• Sportsfishing, bridge.

Connections

Married Sandra Adrienne Knox, September 8, 1958 (divorced December 1969). Children: Michael Brandon, Adrienne Michelle, Lynn Sharon. Married Jennifer Anne Waterhouse, February 26, 1978 (divorced September 1996).

Father:

George James Porter

Mother:

Josephine (Hall) Porter

Spouse:

Sandra Adrienne Knox

Spouse:

Jennifer Anne Waterhouse

child:

Michael Brandon Porter

child:

Adrienne Michelle Porter

child:

Lynn Sharon Porter