John "Philip" Wernette (October 29, 1903 – August 12, 1988) was the eighth president of the University of New Mexico serving from 1945 to 1948.
[5] While earning his master's degree, Wernette became an associate professor at the Harvard School of Business Administration in 1927.
He was also a fellow of the Social Science Research Council where he studied the English banking system.
[3] Upon arriving in Albuquerque, Wernette focused on improving the university's faculty, programs, and services.
He required all seniors in 1946 to take the Graduate Record Examinations test to provide the school with a measurement of how well it was educating its students.
The university's enrollment grew from 924 to 4,491 students with the end of World War II.