Mr. Jack
M. Wehman
Mr. Jack
M. Wehman was born in Pittsburgh, PA in June of 1941. He attended
and graduated from Lehigh University in 1963 with a BS in
Chemical Engineering. Upon graduating from Lehigh, Jack joined
the Drew Chemical Corporation and worked in manufacturing
operations producing fatty acids, specialty esters and edible
oil triglycerides. In 1975 Jack joined the Merck Corporation
at their Calgon Operations in Pittsburgh. During his 10 years
with Merck he was involved in variety of technologies including
water and oil soluble poly-electrolytes, activated carbon,
specialty monomer synthesis and polyphosphate water treatment
chemicals. In 1975 he joined BASF Corporation. During his
25 years with BASF he has held a number of important positions
including Director of Technical Affairs for coatings and colorants,
director of Midwest ventures, director of strategic business
development, and Manager of Corporate Engineering Process
Design. Prior to retirement, he was Director of Capital and
Conceptual Planning, a position that has NAFTA corporate responsibility
for capital management, energy management, site master-planning
and capital project/process conceptual review functions. Jack
married his wife Ann in 1964 and they have 2 children. Jack
was active in AIChE/SACHE, a guest speaker at Northwestern
University and Texas Tech, and a Lecturer at Penn State University.
He was a mentor to BASF’s Professional Development Program.
Jack was Chair of the Safety Advisory Board in the Department
of Chemical Engineering and a frequent visitor to the design
classroom where he provided critiques on both student and
faculty performance. He was a registered Professional Engineer
in Pennsylvania. He was also a Scout Master for the Boy Scouts
of America and a Young Peoples Advisor at the Chester Presbyterian
Church. Jack M. Wehman passed away in 2002. |
