Sir John Southwood Jennings CBE FRSE FGS (30 March 1937 – 29 August 2024) was a British geologist who was Chancellor of Loughborough University, having previously been chairman of Shell Transport and Trading from 1993 to 1997, and a director until 2001.
[1][2] Jennings was born in Oldbury, Worcestershire, the son of George Southwood Jennings and Irene Beatrice Bartlett.
[1] He was educated at Oldbury Grammar School and Birmingham University.
[3] Sir John is Sloan Fellow of the London Business School and has honorary doctorates from Birmingham and Edinburgh Universities, having previously gained a BSc in Geology in 1958 and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh three years later.
[2] Jennings succeeded Sir Denis Rooke to become Loughborough University's fourth Chancellor in 2003, he retired from this position in July 2010[5] Jennings died on 29 August 2024, at the age of 87.