Background
Bell, Donald Robert was born on August 30, 1928 in Santa Barbara, California, United States. Son of Stanley Garfield Vanderick and Ellen Agnes (Hart) Bell.
Bell, Donald Robert was born on August 30, 1928 in Santa Barbara, California, United States. Son of Stanley Garfield Vanderick and Ellen Agnes (Hart) Bell.
Student, United States Naval Academy, 1948-1949; student, West Coast U., 1953-1954; student, Santa Monica (California) City College, 1965-1966.
Assistant foreman, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1954-1959; supervisor, Transvaal Electronics, El Segundo, California, 1959-1960; senior engineering aide, Litton Systems, Inc., Woodland Hills, California, 1960-1965; systems engineering assistant, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, 1965-1967; test facilities engineer, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1967-1974; program quality engineer, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1974-1977; senior project engineer, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1977-1978; senior quality engineer, Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, 1978-1983; staff engineer, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1983-1986; senior staff engineer, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1986-1989; senior staff engineer, Electro-Optical and Data Systems Group, El Segundo, 1983-1989; retired, 1989.
Served with United States Navy, 1950-1954, Korea. Member National Rifle Association (life), United States Naval Academy Alumni Association (national chapter Los Angeles chapter), Naval Institute (life), American Association Retired Persons, Southern California Past Masters Association, California Rifle and Pistol Association (life), Golden State Mobile Home Owners League, Inc., California Research Lodge (life), Hughes Aircraft Company Management Club (life), West Los Angeles Builder's Club, Masons (past master, Hiram award, member homes endowment board), Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), Order Demolay, Indiana Order Foresters, Order Eastern Star, International Order Job's Daughters.
Married June Laverne Emge, January 20, 1952 (divorced February 1962). Children: Diane Elizabeth, Donna June. Married Dorothea Alice Searle, October 13, 1962.