John Warren Wentworth

Background

Wentworth, John Warren was born on November 3, 1925 in Greenville, Maine, United States. Son of Chauncey Depew and Sara Katherine (Taudvin) Wentworth.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Maine-Orono, 1949.

Career

Design and development engineer Radio Corporation of America Broadcast Systems, Camden, New Jersey, 1949-1953, engineering manager, 1953-1959, manager broadcast technical training, 1973-1982. Manager educational electronics Radio Corporation of America Corporation, Camden and Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 1960-1963, manager continuing engineering education Camden, 1963-1967, manager education development engineering New York City and Cherry Hill, 1968-1973, manager broadcast technical training, 1973-1983.

Achievements

• John Warren Wentworth has been listed as a notable electronics engineer, technical writer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Notes on color television engineering
  • Color Television Engineering

Membership

Committee member Troop 65, Camden County council Boy Scouts American, 1968-1973. Board directors Haddonfield Adult School, New Jersey, 1973-1975. Active Camden County History Society, 1984-1985.

Served to T-4 United States Army, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations, PTO. Fellow Society Motion Picture and television Engineers (board editors 1971-1984), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: choral music. Theological studies; gardening. Traveling.

Connections

Married Annabel Ruth Shields, June 20, 1953 (deceased 1978). Children– Sara Louise, Alexander Davey. Married Dorothy Beryl Plasket, March 31, 1979.

Father:

Chauncey Depew Wentworth

Mother:

Sara Katherine (Taudvin) Wentworth

Spouse:

Dorothy Beryl Plasket

Spouse:

Annabel Ruth Shields

child:

Sara Louise Wentworth

child:

Alexander Davey Wentworth