John Henry Wotiz (April 12, 1919 – August 21, 2001)[1] was a Czech-American chemist in the areas of organic chemistry and chemical history.
Wotiz began studying of chemical engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague, but went to the US with his brother in 1939 because of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.
At the end of World War II he served in the United States Army as Lieutenant of chemical weaponry.
[10][1] In 1982 Wotiz received the Dexter Award, in part for his contributions to the establishment of a center for the history of chemistry.
[11][9] In 1998 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Technical University of Ostrava (in his home town) after receiving their gold medal in 1982.