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COLEMAN DUPONT DONALDSON
Pages 60-65

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... Coleman Donaldson was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1979, "for research on supersonic diffusers, viscous vortex motion and turbulent transport phenomena, with application to practical engineering problems." Dr. Donaldson was born on September 22, 1922, in Philadelphia to John Wilcox and Renee duPont Donaldson and was a grandson of Thomas Coleman duPont, president of E
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From page 62...
... Army Air Corps and was assigned to Wright Field and eventually the NACA Langley Memorial Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia. Donaldson began his aeronautical research career in these government laboratories and served as head of the Langley aerophysics section of the Gas Dynamics Laboratory from 1946 to 1952, when he left to pursue graduate education at Princeton University.
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From page 63...
... Also in the vortex flow arena, Donaldson published a groundbreaking series of papers on three-dimensional Navier Stokes solutions for cylindrical vortices, indicating the possibilities of adjacent solution states, which could lead to bifurcations, providing insights into vortex-bursting phenomena. He developed the canonical testing approach to evaluate advanced armor materials, which is still in use today, and he invented an improved projectile/penetrator.
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From page 64...
... Coleman Donaldson is survived by his wife of 64 years, Barbara Goldsmith Donaldson of Newport News and five children -- Beirne Donaldson of Mendham, New Jersey; Coleman Donaldson, Jr., of Agoura Hills, California; Evan Donaldson of McLean, Virginia; Alexander Donaldson of Rayleigh, North Carolina; and William Donaldson of Newport News -- as well as a brother, a sister, and eight grandchildren. Among his most valuable services to the nation was as a superb critic and reviewer.
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... 65 COLEMAN DUPONT DONALDSON approaches for critical national problems. Overall, his was a wonderful, exceedingly productive, long life, lived well.
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