| Lloyd H. Donnell AKA Lloyd Hamilton Donnell Born: 20-May-1895
Birthplace: Kent's Hill, ME
Died: 7-Nov-1997
Location of death: Palo Alto, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Engineer
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Donnell's thin shell theory Mechanical engineer Lloyd H. Donnell is most remembered for his stress-analysis research into cylindrical shells, which advanced development of monocoque (wherein the external frame helps supports structural load) bodies for automobiles and planes. He also studied dynamics, elasticity, instability, and wave propagation. Early in his career he designed lighter-than-air ships for Goodyear Zeppelin Company, and he was a founding editor of the engineering journal Applied Mechanics Reviews. Father: Albert Webb Donnell (teacher, b. circa 1859, d. circa 1930)
Mother: Annie Morrell Hamilton Donnell (author, b. circa 1863, m. 8-Jul-1886, d. 1930)
Sister: Dorothy Donnell Calhoun (author-editor, b. 27-Apr-1889, d. 1-Dec-1963)
Sister: Rachael Eleanor Donnell (physician, b. 28-Sep-1891, d. 26-Mar-1984)
Brother: Kenneth Woodbridge Donnell (Coast Guard captain, b. 7-Jan-1903, d. 5-Mar-1968)
Wife: Sylvia Kasmansky Donnell (b. 19-May-1896, d. 5-May-1982)
Teacher: Engineering, University of Michigan
Teacher: Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (1939-62)
Teacher: Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
ASME Medal 1969
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Goodyear Engineer (1933-39)
Irish Ancestry
Author of books:
Beams, plates and shells (1976)
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