John William Wesner

Background

Wesner, John William was born on July 14, 1936 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of John William and Gaselle Alice (Pollak) Wesner.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1958; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, California Institute Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Mech. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon U., 1968.

Career

Senior engineer, Westinghouse Atomic Power Divisions, Madison, Pennsylvania, 1964-1968; member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1968-1976; supervisor, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Middletown, New Jersey, 1976-1996; supervisor, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, since 1996. Chairman ad hoc advising committee National Science Foundation Program in Engineering Design, Washington, 1987-1992. Advisory board to mechanic engineering department Carnegie Mellon U.

Achievements

• John William Wesner has been listed as a noteworthy Engineering manager by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member district committee Boy Scouts American, Freehold, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Lexington, Kentucky, Germany. First lieutenant United States Army, 1963-1964. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (vice president system and design since 1996, design engineering division chair 1991-1992, chair education committee 1983-1987, chair design for manufacturability committee 1987-1989, Dedicated Svc. award 1990), Mensa, Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels, Sigma Xi, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: model railroading, war gaming.

Connections

Married Monica Anneliese Fischer, May 1, 1965. Children: Katrin, Francis William.

Father:

John William Wesner

Mother:

Gaselle Alice (Pollak) Wesner

Spouse:

Monica Anneliese Fischer

child:

Francis William Wesner

child:

Katrin Wesner