Willis Rodney Whitney (1868–1958) was an American chemist and founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company. He was born in Jamestown, New York, the son on John J. and Agnes Whitney. In 1890, he achieved a bachelor of science degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he then worked as Assistant Instructor of Chemistry until 1892. After that, he studied at the University of Leipzig, Germany, under Wilhelm Ostwald, where in 1896, he achieved a Ph.D. title.
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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
—Willis R. Whitney
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