Background
McEligot, Donald Marinus was born in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Maurice Joseph Benedict and Shirley Irene (Gambling) master of Civil Engineering.
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Donald Marinus McEligot
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Mech. Engineering, Yale University Master of Science in Engineering, University Washington postgraduate, U. Washington Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University.
Career
Associate professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1963-1968;
professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1968-1985;
professor emeritus, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1985;
thermohydromechanics scientist, manager, Gould Ocean Systems Division (name changed to Westinghouse Naval Systems Division), Middletown, Rhode Island, 1984-1991;
consultant thermal scientist, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, since 1991. Visiting staff Imperial College Science and Technology, London, 1969-1970. Guest professor of University Karlsruhe, Germany, 1975-1976, 79, Max Planck Institut fuer Stroemungsforschung, Goettingen, Germany, 1982-1984.
Adjunct Professor mechanic engineering U. Rhode Island, West Kingston, 1986-1991.
Achievements
Membership
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy. Captain United States Naval Reserve-Retired. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman heat transfer general papers committee 1981-1982, associate technical editor J. Heat Transfer 1986-1992, gas turbine heat transfer committee, Certified Appreciation award 1992), American Physical Society, American Society Engineering Education, United States Naval Institute, Tucson Soaring Club (treasurer 1972-1973), Yale Club of Tucson (secretary-treasurer 1967-1969), Tin Can Sailors Association, Idaho Falls Ski Club, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi. M C.
Connections
Married Julimae Albright. Children: Kim, Kyle, Sean.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Gold badge for soaring with 2 diamonds Federation Aeronautique International, 1971, 78, California State Altitude Gain record (15m sailplane), 1978, Abzeichen fuer Truppendienst in Silber, Bundeswehr, Germany, 1976, 83, Charles H. Jennings Memorial award American Welding Society, 1992. Yuba Consolidated Industries fellow Stanford University, Atomic Energy Commission Science and Engineering fellowU. Washington, Stanford University. Senior Fulbright Research scholar United States-Deutschland Fulbright Commission, 1982-1983. U. Arizona Outstanding Professor award for excellence in teaching, 1983. Grantee National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Agricultural Research Organization-D, United States of America MERDC. Named Distinguished Foreign Scientist, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Japan,1996.Recipient Gold badge for soaring with 2 diamonds Federation Aeronautique International, 1971, 78, California State Altitude Gain record (15m sailplane), 1978, Abzeichen fuer Truppendienst in Silber, Bundeswehr, Germany, 1976, 83, Charles H. Jennings Memorial award American Welding Society, 1992. Yuba Consolidated Industries fellow Stanford University, Atomic Energy Commission Science and Engineering fellowU. Washington, Stanford University. Senior Fulbright Research scholar United States-Deutschland Fulbright Commission, 1982-1983.
U. Arizona Outstanding Professor award for excellence in teaching, 1983. Grantee National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Agricultural Research Organization-D, United States of America MERDC. Named Distinguished Foreign Scientist, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Japan,1996.