Background
Leigh, Donald Charles was born on February 25, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Ernest Albert and Reba Stanley (Kidd) Leigh. came to the United States, 1954.
Leigh, Donald Charles was born on February 25, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Ernest Albert and Reba Stanley (Kidd) Leigh. came to the United States, 1954.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, University Toronto, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy in Math, Cambridge University, 1954.
Senior aerophysics engineer, General dynamics corporation, Fort Worth, 1954-1956; supervisor technical computations, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1956-1957; lecturer, assistant professor department mechanic engineering, Princeton, 1958-1965; associate professor departments engineering mechanics and mathematics, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1965-1968; professor, U. Kentucky, since 1968; department chairman, U. Kentucky, 1972-1980; acting dean College Engineering, University Kentucky, 1982-1983; associate dean College Engineering, University Kentucky, 1983-1989; chairman, U. Kentucky, 1989-1990.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, Society Rheology, Society for Natural Philosophy, American Academy Mechanics, Sigma Xi.
Married Anne Patricia Stoicheff, September 2, 1952. Children: Katherine, Cynthia, Timothy.