Background
Wakelin,, James Henry was born on May 6, 1911 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Henry and Abbie Shattuck (Hobart) Wakelin.
Wakelin,, James Henry was born on May 6, 1911 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Henry and Abbie Shattuck (Hobart) Wakelin.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1932. Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1934. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1939.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1940.
Senior physicist B. F. Goodrich Company, 1939-1943. Director research Engineering Research Associates, Inc., Washington, 1946-1948. Associate director research Textile Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, 1948-1951, director research, 1951-1954, research associate, 1954-1959.
Assistant secretary for research and development United States Navy, Washington, 1959-1964. With Teledyne-Ryan Aeronautical Company, San Diego, 1964-1971, chairman advisory board, 1964-1969. Assistant secretary science and technical United States Department Commerce, Washington, 1971-1972.
President, chairman board Research Analysis Corporation, McLean, Virginia, 1972-1978. Founder Chesapeake Instrument Corporation, Shadyside, Maryland, 1954, vice president, consultant, 1954-1959. Independent consultant business, Princeton, 1954-1959.
Chairman interagency committee oceanography Federal Council of Scientific and Technology, 1959-1964. Head United States delegation Intergovtl. Conference on Oceanographic Research, Copenhagen, 1960.
Member Intergovtl. Oceanographic Commission, United Nations Educational, Paris, 1961, Naval Research Advisory Committee, 1964-1971. Member advisory board Continental Motors Corporation, Detroit, 1964-1971. Chairman board Oceanic Foundation, Honolulu, 1965-1971.
Chairman President' Task Force on Oceanography, 1969. Member board advisors to president Naval War College, 1970-1973. Special assistant to Governor Delaware for marine and coastal affairs, 1970-1971.
Member visiting committee department ocean engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970-1973. Member visiting committee department astronomy Harvard University, Cambridge, 1970-1978. Chairman interagency committee atmospheric science and interdepartmental committee patent policy Federal Council of Scientific and Technology, 1971-1972.
Chairman committee physical science Yale University, New Haven, 1973-1978. Honorary member Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Chairman board overseers Thayer School Engineering, Dartmouth College, 1966-1970. Board directors Harbor Branch Foundation, 1973-1975, College of Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, from 1985. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Benjamin Franklin fellow Royal Society Arts. Member American Physical Society, National Geography Society (trustee), New York Academy of Sciences, Marine Technology Society (honorary. President 1966-1968), National Security Industrial Association (honorary), Association Yale Alumni, Yale Graduate School Association (president 1972-1974), Sigma Xi.
Clubs: Chevy Chase, Cosmos (Washington).
Married Margaret C. Smith, July 29, 1938 (deceased April 1973). Children: James Henry III, Alan Blanchard, David Shattuck. Married Carol Ackiss Holman, October 19, 1974.