James J. Whalen (March 5, 1927 – September 6, 2001) was an American psychologist and educational administrator who served as president of Ithaca College from 1975 to 1997.
[1] As Ithaca's sixth president, James J. Whalen led the college through a time of unprecedented growth: in academic and co-curricular programs, in the size and caliber of the faculty, in the number and quality of the students, and in physical and fiscal resources.
Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Whalen graduated in 1950 from Franklin and Marshall College where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
Whalen was an honorary member of the Delta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia national music fraternity.
In a 1986 Exxon Foundation study, President Whalen was named one of the nation's top-100 higher education chief executive officers.