Background
McCullough, John Price was born on May 10, 1925 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of John A. and Alta (McGee) McCullough.
McCullough, John Price was born on May 10, 1925 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of John A. and Alta (McGee) McCullough.
Student, University Denver, 1943. Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Oklahoma, 1945. Master of Science, Oregon State University, 1948.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Oregon State University, 1949.
With United States Bureau Mines, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1949-1963, physical chemist, 1949-1957, chief thermodynamics branch, 1958-1963. Manager central research division Mobil Oil Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1963-1969, manager applied research and development Paulsboro, 1969-1971. General manager research and development Mobil Chemical Company, Edison, 1971-1978.
Vice president environmental health and safety Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Princeton, 1978-1989. Adjunct professor chemistry Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1961-1963. Visiting fellow Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 1991-1995.
Director International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association, 1981-1989, chairman, 1985-1988. Director Mobil Foundation, Inc., 1987-1989.
Member advisory committee Mercer County (New Jersey) Community College, 1968-1969. Board directors Chemical Industry Institute Toxicology, 1977-1989, chairman, 1986-1988. Board directors United Community Fund, Princeton, 1963-1969, Middlesex-Somerset-Mercer Regional Study Council, 1968-1969, 86-89, World Environmental Center, 1986-1989.
Member advisory board Georgetown University Institute Health Policy Analysis, 1986-1989. Trustee Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 1989-1995, vice chairman, 1991-1993, advisory board, 1996-1999. Trustee Friends of Art Museum Princeton University, 1994-2000, treasurer, 1997-2001.
Elder Nassau Presbyterian Church Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1954. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Gordon Research Conference (trustee, chairman board trustees, member council), American Chemical Society (editorial board Journal Chemical and Engineering Data, Journal Physical Chemistry, member council committee on chemistry public affairs 1984-1992, chairman 1987-1989, award for petroleum chemistry 1963, Chemtech. award 1977), International Calorimetry Conference (chairman 1960, Huffman award 1963), American Institute Chemists, Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Ann Calvert, August 5, 1946. Children: Sherri, Cathryn, Patricia.