Background
Doty, William D'Orville was born on March 11, 1920 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Lawrence Pierce and Anna Katharine (Northrop) Doty.
metallurgical engineering consultant
Doty, William D'Orville was born on March 11, 1920 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Lawrence Pierce and Anna Katharine (Northrop) Doty.
B.Metall. Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1942. M.Metall. Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy in Metallurgy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1946.
Welding metallurgist, United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1947-1954; research engineer welding, United States Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1954-1958; division chief bar, plate, forged products, United States Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1958-1966; research consultant, United States Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1966-1972; chief staff engineer - product engineer, United States Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1972-1977; senior consultant, United States Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1977-1985; president, principal consultant, Doty & Associations, Inc., Pittsburgh, since 1985. Chairman pressure vessel research committee Welding Research Council, New York City, 1967-1973, chairman welding procedures committee, since 1989. Member of advisory committee National Board Boiler and Presser Vessel Insps., Columbus, Ohio, since 1978.
Chairman Zoning Hearing Board of Borough of Whitehall, Pennsylvania, 1975-1994. Member standing committee Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, 1984-1988. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (main committee boiler and pressure vessel committee, 1970-1990, honorary.mem., J. Hall Taylor medal 1984), American Society for Metals, American Welding Society (honorary, Spraragen award 1966), The Welding Institute (United Kingdom).
Member Metallurgical Society of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers.
Married Yvonne Laforest, May 24, 1923. Children: William Sanford, Pamela Jane.