Background
Shirley, Donna was born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, United States.
museum director Aerospace engineer
Shirley, Donna was born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University Oklahoma. Bachelor in Journalism, University Oklahoma. Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University Southern California.
With Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, since 1966, Cassini project engineer, manager exploration initiative studies, manager automation and robotics, manager Space Station program, manager mission design section, project engineer for Mariner 10, manager Mars Pathfinder microrover Flight Experiment team, manager Mars exploration program. Retired, 1998; president Managing Creativity, Norman, Oklahoma. Assistant dean aerospace mechanical engineering University Oklahoma, 1999—2003.
Director Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, Seattle, since 2004. Leader National Aeronautics and Space Administration-wide Systems Engineering Working Group, 1990-1993. Leader National Aeronautics and Space Administration-wide team on program/project management National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1991.
1 child, Laura.