James W. Mitchell, born November 16, 1943 in Durham, North Carolina, is a analytical chemist and materials engineer. He has made significant contributions to trace element analysis. He earned his BS in chemistry from North Carolina A&T State University in 1965. He received his PhD in analytical chemistry from Iowa State University in 1970.
He attained the position of Head of the Analytical Chemistry Research Department in 1975 at AT&T Bell Laboratories and became one of the founders for the Association of Black Laboratory Employees. He was the first black director and vice-president of research at AT&T.
Mitchell co-wrote a book Contamination Control in Trace Analysis and published over 60 scientific papers and patented several processes.
He received the Percy L. Julian Research Award and the Pharmacia Industrial Analytical Chemistry Award. In 1993 he was named Black Engineer of the Year by US Black Engineer. In 1999, he received the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Award from the National Society of Black Engineers.
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