Background
Douglas,, Donald Wills was born on July 3, 1917 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Donald Wills and Charlotte Marguerita (Ogg) Douglas.
Douglas,, Donald Wills was born on July 3, 1917 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Donald Wills and Charlotte Marguerita (Ogg) Douglas.
Student, Stanford University, 1934-1938; student, Curtiss-Wright Technology Institute, Glendale, California, 1939.
With engineering, Douglas Aircraft Company, 1939-1943;
director testing division, Douglas Aircraft Company, 1943-1951;
director contract administration, Douglas Aircraft Company, 1948-1951;
director research laboratories, Douglas Aircraft Company, 1949-1951;
vice president, Douglas Aircraft Company, 1951-1957;
president, Douglas Aircraft Company, 1957-1967;
also board directors, Douglas Aircraft Company
corporation vice president administration, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, 1967-1971;
corporation senior vice president administration, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, 1971-1972;
president Douglas Development Corporation, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, 1972-1974;
senior partner, Partners Real Estate, Inc., 1978-1980;
president, Douglas Energy Company, Placentia, California, since 1981;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Douglas Energy Company, Placentia, California, 1986-1992;
Chairman, Group IX Aerospace Systems, 1984-1990;
chairman, Douglas International Group, 1989-1997;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Douglas Private Jets, Temecula, California, since 1997. Member National Export Expansion Council, unites states department Commerce, 1964-1973, exec.com., 1965-1973, committee economics development, 1970-1973, county foreign relations, 1970-1973. Senior consultant McDonnell Douglas Corporation, 1974-1975.
Business consultant, 1974-1975. Senior consultant market development Biphase Energy Systems, joint venture Research-Cottrell and Transamerica Delaval, 1981-1982, Biphase Energy Systems, subsidiary Transamerica Delaval, 1982-1986. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer DCOR Partners, Inc., 1979-1980.
Director, Chairman of the Board Aerotech Cons., Inc., 1982-1984. Director Reno Airline. Chairman Douglas Private Jets.
Member President Committee on Youth Fitness, 1958-1959. County vice president finance Boy ScoutsAm., 1981-1986, chairman advising committee Great Western Council, 1978-1980, honorary president, 1968, board member St. Louis area county, 1970-1972. Honorary president Crescent Bay Council, 1967, president, 1955-1967, member-at-large national county, since 1951.
Chairman trusteees Donald Douglas Museum & Library., 1975-1989, Museum of Flying, since 1989. Association fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member Aerospace Industries Association (chairman Board of Governors 1964), Air Force Association, Air Force Museum Association, Association United States Army (advisory board 1966-1967), Conquistadores del Cielo (president 1965-1966, Chairman of the Board 1966-1967, sports chairman since 1965, secretary-treasurer since 1971), National Defense Transportation Association (life, national vice president 1958-1963, general chairman 22nd Forum Louisiana 1967), Naval Aviation Museum Association, Inc.
(director 1971-1990), Navy League United States (life), Transpacific Yacht Club, Rancheros Visitadores, Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Molly McIntosh, May 1, 1939 (deceased). Children: Victoria Thoreson, Holly Douglas Adams (deceased). Married Jean Cooper, August 17, 1950 (deceased).
Married Linda Alstead, November 16, 1986.