John Higgins Wallace Jr. (August 3, 1906 – March 22, 1989) was the research chemist at Carter-Wallace that formulated Arrid deodorant in 1935.
[1] He was born on August 3, 1906, in Greenville, Kentucky.
He earned bachelor's and doctorate degrees from Princeton University.
It merged with Carter Products to become Carter-Wallace where he developed Arrid deodorant in 1935.
He left the company in 1951 to work at Forrestal Research Center where he retired as the director in 1969.