Background
Madsen, Donald Howard was born on October 7, 1922 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. Son of Aaron H. and Nomie L. (Petersen) Madsen.
consultant engineering educator
Madsen, Donald Howard was born on October 7, 1922 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. Son of Aaron H. and Nomie L. (Petersen) Madsen.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1944. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1953.
Assistant engineering, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 1944-1945; instructor, U. Kansas-Lawrence, 1949-1951; assistant professor, South Dakot State University, Brookings, 1953-1954; assistant professor engineering, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1954-1957; associate professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1957-1960; professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1960-1990; professor emeritus, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1990; associate dean engineering, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1967-1974. Consultant in field, since 1970.
Member Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission, 1967-1976, chairman, 1972-1976. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society Engineering Education (president Region VI 1959-1960), Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Jeanette Eunice Wieman, July 24, 1949. Children: Nels Howard, Erik Chris.