John H. Widdowson*

After receiving his chemical engineering degree from Illinois, the late John Widdowson obtained his JD from the University of Michigan Law School in 1948. He became an attorney and practiced law in Wichita, KS, where he specialized in patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair competition law. He retired from active practice in 1998 and was a member of the University of Illinois Foundation. He and his late wife, Melba, provided substantial funding for the James Westwater Professorship Fund. In 2002, he received the Dean’s Quadrangle Award from the College of LAS.