John Wesley Willard

Background

Willard, John Wesley was born on June 23, 1907 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Herbert Hodson and Mary Margaret (Woods) Willard.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1929. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1942.

Career

Research chemist, DuPont Viscoloid, Arlington, New Jersey, 1929-1930; chemist, Anderson Pritichard Oil Corporation, Oklahoma City, 1930-1931; consultant, investigator, Chicago, 1931-1932; consultant to science, military industrial and legal service organizations, 1932-1969; professor of chemistry, South Dakot School Mines and Technology, 1946-1973; inventor, founder, CAW Industries Inc., Rapid City, South Dakot, since 1973.

Achievements

• John Wesley Willard has been listed as a noteworthy research chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Pennington County School Board, 1950-1954. Member national civil defense committee on Atomic Bomb Fallout. Fellow American Institute Chemistry.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, South Dakota Academy of Sciences (president 1951-1955), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Gwenethe Evelyn Drake, November 29, 1928. Children: John Wesley Junior, William Jean.

Father:

Herbert Hodson Willard

Mother:

Mary Margaret (Woods) Willard

Spouse:

Gwenethe Evelyn Drake

child:

John Wesley Junior Willard

child:

William Jean Willard