John Wehausen was a pioneer and international leader in free-surface hydrodynamics.  An online version of his classic work "Surface Waves," co-authored with the late Professor Edmund Laitone of ME, is posted at the College web site.  UC Berkeley's official obituary on John Wehausen can be seen at the UC Berkeley News Center.

On December 12, 2005, U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein entered a statement honoring Professor Wehausen into the Congressional Record.

As a tribute to John Wehausen, friends and colleagues have started a fund-raising effort to establish a John Wehausen Memorial Scholarship at Berkeley for graduate students interested in Wehausen's areas: marine fluid mechanics, surface waves, ship hydrodynamics.  Donations to this fund are tax-deductible and can be made either by University secured site, or by check with designation of the Wehausen Fund- (Fund #W5887). Contributions in check form should be made payable to John Wehausen Memorial Fund (#W5887) and sent to:

John Wehausen Memorial Fund (#W5887)
c/o College of Engineering (Development Office)
University of California, Berkeley
201 McLaughlin Hall, MC 1722
Berkeley, CA 94720-1722, USA

A confirmation gift receipt will be issued by the University. This graduate scholarship will be awarded to ME graduate students when the start-up target is reached^.*   Courtesy of the Technical University of Hamburg - Harburg, the Wehausen Scholarship holders will receive complimentary subscriptions Of the Journal of Ship Technology Research (Schiffstechnik).

Official tribute to John Wehausen by the Academic Senate of The University of California System.

^*The Inaugural Wehausen Graduate Scholar award was presented in 2016 with the attendance of the Wehausen family.