JOHN WHITNEY, Ph.D.

20162016Distinguished AlumniB.S. Bacteriology ’61, Ph.D. Microbiology, '67

John G. Whitney graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Ponca City, Okla. in 1957. He began his university studies at Northern Oklahoma College, where he obtained a Junior College Certificate in general science. He moved on to OSU, earning a B.S. in bacteriology and establishing a relationship with professor Ed Grula, who would be …