John Philip Wernette
John "Philip" Wernette (October 29, 1903 – August 12, 1988) was the eighth president of the University of New Mexico serving from 1945 to 1948.[1]
Early life
Wernette was born in
He began attending college at
Harvard University
While earning his master's degree, Wernette became an associate professor at the
University of New Mexico
Upon arriving in Albuquerque, Wernette focused on improving the university's faculty, programs, and services. He instituted an eighteen-point program of procedures for the selection of new faculty and appointed a committee to ensure better teaching candidates for faculty members. He also developed a program for faculty advancement.[1]
He established the offices of the General Placement Bureau, Veterans Assistance, and Testing and Counseling Services to assist students. He required all seniors in 1946 to take the Graduate Record Examinations test to provide the school with a measurement of how well it was educating its students.[1]
While he was president, the university started the Law School[6] and the School of Business Administration. The university's enrollment grew from 924 to 4,491 students with the end of World War II.[3]
In 1947, he came into conflict with the
University of Michigan
After being dismissed from the University of New Mexico, Wernette found a job at the
From the early 1950s to the early 1980s he traveled and gave many speeches to business groups and the University of Michigan's Executive Development Program.[5]
Published books
- Money, Business and Prices (1933)
- Problems in Economic Theory (1939)[5]
- The Control of Business Cycles (1940)
- Problems in Merchandise Distribution (1942)
- Financing Full Employment (1945)
Personal life
He married Eleanor DeCourcy on August 17, 1940 in
References
- ^ a b c Davis, William E. (2006). "John Phillip Wernette – Biography". UNM Digital Repository. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ a b c "Michigan Obituaries, 1820–2006". Herrick Public Library.
- ^ a b c d "Faculty History Project – J. Philip Wernette". University of Michigan. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ Youngberg, Carl D. (Summer 1967). "Educator Stood By Principles" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. 54 (2): 62–63.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "J. Philip Wernette Papers: 1915–1987". Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "History of UNM Law School". University of New Mexico School of Law. Archived from the original on 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ Davis, William (January 2006). "University of New Mexico Presidents – Thomas Lafayette Popejoy" (PDF). Biographies of Unm Presidents. University of New Mexico. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "Inventory of the John Philip Wernette Presidential Papers, 1944–1949". Rocky Mountain Online Archive. Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2016-12-15.