About UChicago Argonne, LLC
Board of Governors
John W. McCarter, Jr.
- Member, UChicago Argonne, LLC Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory
- President and Chief Executive Officer of The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago
John W. McCarter, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
The Field Museum is a world renowned research institution in the areas of environmental conservation, evolutionary biology, geology, and anthropology. Its collections number over 24 million specimens, and the staff of 650 includes 72 Ph.D.s. The Field has activities in 94 countries.
A native Chicagoan, McCarter previously was Senior Vice President of Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., serving clients including Procter & Gamble, Monsanto, ConAgra and The Chicago Board of Trade. Earlier in his career, he served as President of DeKalb Corporation, an international agribusiness concern and was Budget Director of the State of Illinois under Governor Richard B. Ogilvie. He was a White House Fellow during the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson.
McCarter is a Director of W.W. Grainger, a trustee of Janus Funds and serves as Chairman of the Board of Divergence, Inc.
He is an Emeritus Trustee of the University of Chicago, Board member of the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory, a Regent at the Smithsonian Institution, a trustee of the National Recreation Foundation, an Emeritus Trustee and former Chairman of Chicago’s Public Television Station Channel 11. He is a Director and former Chairman of the Chicago Consulting Alliance and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Chicago Central Area Committee. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
McCarter is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School, and also attended the London School of Economics. He and his wife Judy have three adult children and four grandchildren.
