John Austin White Jr (born December 5, 1939) is an American academic who was the fourth chancellor of the University of Arkansas.

He succeeded Daniel Ferritor in 1997 after previously serving as the dean of Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Engineering.

[1] Since his departure from the chancellor's office in 2008, White has remained at the university, teaching in the industrial engineering department.

White left his job as dean of Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Engineering in order to become chancellor at his alma mater, the University of Arkansas in 1997.

Promising to be an agent of change, White worked to shift the focus of the institution onto academics, including research and knowledge-based careers the state would need to compete in the global economy.

[4] White and his wife contributed $1.5 million to endow a systems integration chair in industrial engineering department.