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JOHN J. WISE
Pages 436-442

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From page 437...
... His "textual" sampling of a broad number of university disciplines led him to decide at the ripe age of 14 to become a chemical engineer. He would later say that his decision was "based on no rational reason, except that chemical engineering sounded interesting and was a fashionable career choice at the time." In September 1949 he entered Tufts University, from which he graduated in 1953 with a BS in chemical engineering.
From page 438...
... At the time, Mobil had an Incentive Fellow Program that selected very promising early-career BS degree scientists and engineers to take time to pursue a PhD at company expense. Jack applied for and was chosen as a Mobil Incentive Fellow.
From page 439...
... Over the next 25 years he progressed steadily up the Mobil research managerial ladder. In 1968 he was appointed assistant manager of the Process Research Section; in 1972, manager of the Reforming, and Special Processes Development Section; in 1976, manager of the Process Research and Development Division; the next year, vice president of planning for Mobil Research and Development Corporation; in 1981, manager of Mobil's 500person Field Research Laboratory in Dallas, Texas, responsible for developing and implementing new technology for Mobil's Exploration and Producing Division; in 1984, manager of Mobil's 800-person Paulsboro Laboratory; and in 1987 he was promoted to vice president of research, responsible for Mobil's worldwide research and development -- a position he held until his retirement in 1997.
From page 440...
... As vice president of research, he cochaired the inter­industry Auto/Oil Air Quality Improvement Research Program. He was a joint director of the Mobil Solar Energy Corporation and director of the Mobil Foundation.
From page 441...
... Jack is survived by daughters Susannah Scovil Wise and Jean Porter Wise, and grandson Alexander Wise Philbrick, for whom he wrote a book, A Letter to Alexander, about his lessons learned in the petroleum industry. He considered it his memoir and published it as a remembrance for his grandson and others who might be interested in his life and career.


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