John H. Wallace

Background

Wallace, John H. was born on August 3, 1906 in Louisville. Son of John II and Grace Jane (Roll) Wallace.

Education

AB, Princeton University, 1928; Master of Science, Princeton University, 1929; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1932.

Career

Owner, director, Wallace laboratories, consultant chemists, New York City, Jersey City owner, director, Wallace laboratories, consultant chemists, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1934-1942; vice president, research director, production manager, Carter Products, Inc., pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, New York City, New Brunswick, 1942-1947; president, Wallace laboratories, Inc., pharmaceuticals, New Brunswick, Princeton, New Jersey, 1942-1948; director, Wallace Research laboratories, consultant chemists, Princeton, 1948-1951; president, Decyl Pharmacal Company, Princeton, 1949-1951; secretary, Standard Insulation Company, East Rutherford, New Jersey, 1947-1950; vice president, Standard Insulation Company, East Rutherford, New Jersey, 1950-1951; administrative director James Forrestal Research Center,, Princeton University, 1951-1969. Treasurer, board directors Princeton Inn Company, president, 1960. Board directors Applied Science Corporation Princeton, president, 1959.

Achievements

• John H. Wallace has been listed as a noteworthy University official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Princeton Township Committee, 1949-1956, mayor, 1955-1956. Trustee Princeton Hospital (now Princeton Medical Center), president, 1953-1963. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Margaret Cook, September 8, 1928;children: John Duncan, William Cook, Margaret (deceased).

Father:

John II Wallace

Mother:

Grace Jane (Roll) Wallace

Spouse:

Margaret Cook

child:

John Duncan Wallace

child:

William Cook Wallace

child:

Margaret Wallace (deceased)