Background
Wehausen, John Vrooman was born on September 23, 1913 in Duluth. Son of George W. and Elizabeth (Vroman) Wehausen.
Wehausen, John Vrooman was born on September 23, 1913 in Duluth. Son of George W. and Elizabeth (Vroman) Wehausen.
Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1934. Master of Science, University Michigan, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1938.
Doctorate (honorary), Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France, 1993.
Instructor mathematics, Brown U., 1937-1938; Instructor mathematics, Columbia, 1938-1940; Instructor mathematics, U. Missouri, 1940-1944; consultant Operations Research Group, United States Navy, 1944-1946; mathematician, David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, Maryland., 1946-1949; acting head mechanics branch, Office Naval Research, 1949-1950; executive editor, Mathematics Revs., 1950-1956; associate research mathematician, Institute Engineering Research, University of California at Berkeley, 1956-1957; research mathematician, Institute Engineering Research, University of California at Berkeley, since 1957; associate professor engineering science, Institute Engineering Research, University of California at Berkeley, 1958-1959; professor, Institute Engineering Research, University of California at Berkeley, 1959-1984; professor emeritus, Institute Engineering Research, University of California at Berkeley, since 1984; Fulbright lecturer, U. Hamburg, 1960-1961. Visiting professor Flinders U., Australia, 1967, U. de Nantes, 1973, 84, U. Grenoble, 1979, Technion, Haifa, 1982, Chalmers Institute Technology, Gothenburg, 1982.
Fellow Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (Davidson medal 1984). Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, National Academy Engineering.
Married Mary Katherine Wertime, August 19, 1938 (deceased 2001). Children– Sarah, Peter Vrooman, Julia, John David.