Whitey's Resume

Whiting (Whitey) R. Willauer


Whitey was born in Boston on May 24, 1931. He first came to Nantucket when he was under a month old, and has come to the Island every summer until he retired here in 2000. He spent the winters in Dedham MA until his family moved to Washington DC just before World War II. In Washington, he attended John Eaton Public School until he transfered to St. Albans School.

Whitey left St Albans school at the end of the 9th grade when his parents moved to China. He was enrolled at Milton Academy in Milton MA and graduated with the Class of 1949. He was accepted into Princeton University as an aeronautical engineer.
During sophomore year at Princeton University, CIA recruited Whitey. He received training at Fort Benning GA in what are now Special Forces. After training, he worked for Northeast Airlines at Logan Airport to build cover. Next he traveled to the Far East and worked for Civil Air Transport. General Chennault of Flying Tiger fame headed the airline. During the day, they carried passengers. At night, they operated behind enemy lines during the Korean War and early Vietnam War.
Whitey returned to Princeton and received his B.S. in 1955 and M.S. in 1958 in Aeronautical Engineering. During this period, he was also involved in the Guatemalan revolution, flight testing C-46 aircraft in Florida, and running the Madaket Boat Yard from 1956 to 1966.
The next stop was back to Washington, D.C. and a think tank named Analytic Services (RAND subsidiary) doing strategic planning for the U.S. Air Force. At night, he studied astronomy at Georgetown University. Whitey received his Ph.D. in 1964 and became an assistant professor. He consulted to Booz-Allen, National Geographic, and the University of Texas. He was married, had two wonderful boys, and was subsequently divorced.
When Georgetown’s Astronomy Department closed, Whitey joined TRW in McLean, Virginia. He managed projects for the Vietnam War, US Navy’s Antisubmarine Warfare program, planning for the Chief of Naval Operations, the US Navy’s Amphibious Ship Building program, Scotland Yard’s fingerprint system, British Royal Mail’s delivery system, FAA’s traffic-control system, Counter Terrorist Tracking System, U.S. Air Force’s anti-ICBM program, and Centers for Disease Control communications systems.
Whitey became involved in the United States Skiing and Snowboard Association (USSA). He served as President of USSA from 1982 to 1987. From 1987 to 1994, he was the US Skiing representative on the US Olympic Committee and was also actively involved in the International Ski Federation (FIS). He was Assistant Chief Alpine Steward at the1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics; Chef de Mission at the 1990 Las Lenãs, Argentina Winter Pan American Games; Assistant Chef de Mission at the 1992 Albertville, France Winter Olympics; and Chef de Mission at the 1994 Lillehammer, Norway Winter Paralympics. He received the USSA Julius Blegen Award in 1987 and the USSA Bud & Mary Little Award in 1998.
Whitey has saltwater in his veins. Both of his grandfather’s grandfathers were whaling captains. Captain Daniel Russell was master of the Essex until its last and fateful trip. Captain George W Gardner was master of the Globe. The Russell family moved off-island to Concord MA in the recession of 1870. Whitey’s maternal Russell grandparents became summer visitors before World War I. His grandfather Benjamin Franklin Winslow Russell designed the Academy Hill School. His uncle Gardner Russell was the District Court Judge for Nantucket.
Since moving permanently to Nantucket in 2000, he has served in the following positions:
· Chairman of the Nantucket Board of Selectmen (BOS)
· President of Nantucket Behavioral Health Services (NBHS).
· President of the Nantucket Shellfish Association (NSA).
· Chairman of the Bulk Fuel Committee.
· Treasurer of the Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention ASAP).
· Secretary of US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 11-7 at Station Brant Point
· BOS Liaison to the Nantucket Energy Committee (NEC).
· BOS Liaison to the Harbor Plan Implementation Committee (HPIC).
· BOS Liaison to the Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board (SHAB)


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