Background
McElhaney, James Harry was born on October 27, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James H. and Olga M. (Lazuk) master of Civil Engineering.
McElhaney, James Harry was born on October 27, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James H. and Olga M. (Lazuk) master of Civil Engineering.
Bachelor of Science, Villanova University, 1955. Master of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, West Virginia University, 1964.
Mechanical engineer Philco Corporation, Philadelphia, 1955-1959. Assistant professor mechanical engineering Villanova (Pennsylvania) University, 1959-1962. Professor theoretical and applied mechanics West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1962-1969.
Associate professor mechanical engineering, head biomechanics department Highway Safety Research Institute, University Michigan, 1969-1974. Professor biomechanics, chairman biomedical engineering department Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, since 1974. Professor experimental orthopaedics Duke University Med Center, since 1986.
Director graduate studies, Duke University, 1974-1975. Consultant Ford Motor Company, American Motors Company, Chrysler Corporation, Westinghouse Corporation, National Institutes of Health, others. Chairman committee on industrial head protection American National Standards Institute.
Served with United States Army Reserve, 1955-1963. Member American Society Engineering Education, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman bioengineering division since 1975, associate editor transactions on Biomechanics Engineering), Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, Society Automotive Engineers (chairman anthropometric dummy study committee), Southeastern Neurological Society (president elect), Biomedical Engineering Society, American Academy Mechanics, Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma. Clubs: Duke Men's.
Married Eileen M. Esbensen, November 17, 1954. Children– Kathy, Amy, Liza.