Background
Donavin, Kirkwood Harry was born on June 16, 1886 in Delaware, Ohio, United States. Son of George Barclay and Edith Sophronia (Jones) Donavin.
Donavin, Kirkwood Harry was born on June 16, 1886 in Delaware, Ohio, United States. Son of George Barclay and Edith Sophronia (Jones) Donavin.
Graduate New York Military Academy, 1903. Student Ohio State University, 1904. Graduated from the United States Naval Academy, 1908.
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1908, and advanced through grades to lieutenant commander. Officer United States Navy Reserve since 1920. Operating manager International Mercantile Marine County, New York City and San Francisco, 1920-1937.
Assistant to president South America Moore McCormack Lincolnshire & Pacific Coast manager, 1938-1944.
Special representative Todd Shipyards Corporation for Latin American, 1944-1946. Executive director, United States Inter-American Council since 1947.
Club: Army and Navy (Washington).
Married Dorothy Waln Morgan Draper, June 7, 1910. Children: Kirwood Montrose, Patricia Stansfield (Mistress Seymour Doctorate. Owens).