Harvard Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of John Whitney
John Olney Whitney passed away December 9, 2013. He was born in Wright City, Oklahoma on March 30, 1928. Upon graduation from high school at 17, WWII was drawing to a close. Being very patriotic, John immediately joined the U.S. Army Reserves. He was selected to join the Army Specialized Reserve Training Program at Texas A&M and became Cadet Company Commander. John served in the 11th Airborne and I&E 9th Corps in Sendai, Japan, where he became director of station WLKE. John graduated from the...