Walter Goodrich Jennings (March 2, 1922 – July 5, 2012) was an American chemist, educator and entrepreneur.
[1] He was co-founder of J&W Scientific, which became the world's largest supplier of fused silica columns; the company was purchased by Agilent Technologies in 2000.
With the aid of the GI Bill, Jennings enrolled at the University of California at Davis with the aim of earning a degree in dairy science.
This led to technological innovations in support of gas chromatography including the production of fused silica (glass) capillary columns for separation of chemical compounds through this specialized analytical chemistry technique.
[1] Jennings was chairman of the American Chemical Society Flavor Chemistry and Chromatography and Separation Science subdivisions.