Nathan Laselle Whetten (July 20, 1900 – June 26, 1984) was an American academic who served as professor of sociology (1932–1971) and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Connecticut (1940–1970).

They moved back to Arizona in 1912 during the Mexican Revolution, returning to Mexico in 1914, where Whetten attended high school in Ciudad Juárez.

[3] In fall 1932, Whetten began his postdoctoral career as a statistician in the University of Connecticut's sociology department, at the time part of the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station.

[3] In 1940, Albert N. Jorgensen appointed Whetten the first Dean of the Graduate School, succeeding George C. White as coordinator of postgraduate education.

As dean, Whetten oversaw all graduate degrees and courses offered by hundreds of faculty and dozens of departments.