Dr. John Joseph Jameson Staunton

Jul 4, 1911 - Jul 12, 1996

Dr. John Joseph Jameson Staunton, Electrical Engineer, beloved husband of Eileen Mary Staunton, nee Humiston; loving father of Susan (David) Whaley, John Jr., Harold (Elaine), Joanne (John) Jackson, Ralph (Eva) and Douglas Staunton; grandfather of 14; great-grandfather of four; son of the late Henry Capen and the late Florence. Elizabeth Staunton.

BSEE, U of Notre Dame 1932, MS in Physics 1934, EE 1941; Doctorate of Engineering Midwest College of Engineers 1969, Registered Professional Engineer IL, Jr. Engineer Bantam Ball Bearing Co. South Bend IN 1935-36, Head of Physics Dept. DePaul University Chicago 1936-38; Director of Research Coleman Instruments Inc. Maywood IL 1938-1964, Senior Staff Scientist Perkin-Elmer Corp. Oak Brook IL 1964-1978, Consultant Perkin-Elmer Corp. Oak Park IL 1978-present, President Optical Society of Chicago 1955-56, 1956-78 Director Physics Club of Chicago, 1954-57, 1965-68, 1978-81; Patent Review Panel Applied Optics 1967-96; contributed articles to professional journals.

Recipient Annual Merit Award Chicago Tech Society Council 1969, Fellow IEEE (Life), Optical Society of Chicago, Member Optical Society of America (Emeritus Life), Am. Chem. Society Sigma Xi (Life). Member of St. Edmund Church Oak Park and Grand Knight K C.

Achievements include many patents in field of optical and electronic analytical instrumentation; development of first successful commercial spectrophotometer using echelette diffraction gratings for dispersion.

Memorial services planned at a later date, Info, PM Smith & Sons Funeral Home, 708-848-5828

Article from 14 Jul 1996 Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)

Sources: Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com

03/14/2026 EJS