Alumni
The College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences, as a top-tier research university, has had many intelligent, inspiring and influential minds pass through its doors. As a small college, we hold these individuals close to our hearts, and celebrate their successes with them. As such, each month, we honor a prestigious alumnus and hope that his or her story will spark something in others in our community.
John Wettaw attended the public schools in Eldorado and then graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a B.A. in chemistry in 1961. He obtained his Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1967 from Michigan State University, working in the laboratory of Dr. Leslie Sims. He then began as a faculty member at Northern Arizona University where he continues to teach. In 1972 he was elected to the Arizona legislature where he served in both the House of Representatives (20 years) and Senate( 8 years) retiring at the end of 2000 holding the record as the longest serving Republican state legislator in Arizona history. As such he was very active in all facets of legislation, most notably his active support for all levels of education from primary through 