James Smith McDonnell

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James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.

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instanceOf aerospace engineer
businessperson
company founder
human
academicDegree bachelor's degree in physics
master's degree in aeronautical engineering
awardReceived Collier Trophy
Daniel Guggenheim Medal
burialPlace Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1899-04-09
dateOfDeath 1980-08-22
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
employer McDonnell Douglas
surface form: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

McDonnell Douglas
familyName McDonnell
fieldOfWork aeronautics
aerospace engineering
aviation
founded McDonnell Douglas
surface form: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
fullName James Smith McDonnell self-link
givenName James
hasPart James Smith McDonnell self-linksurface differs
surface form: James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy)
industry aerospace industry
defense industry
knownFor founding McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
leadership in the American aerospace industry
memberOf National Academy of Engineering
namedAfter James S. McDonnell Planetarium
nationality American
notableFor philanthropy in science and education
notableWork development of military jet aircraft for the U.S. armed forces
support of U.S. space program through McDonnell-built spacecraft
occupation aerospace engineer
business executive
industrialist
placeOfBirth Denver, Colorado, United States
placeOfDeath St. Louis, Missouri, United States
positionHeld chairman of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
chairman of McDonnell Douglas
founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence St. Louis, Missouri, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary Elizabeth Finney
workLocation Long Island, New York, United States
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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McDonnell Douglas foundedBy James Smith McDonnell
James S. McDonnell Planetarium namedAfter James Smith McDonnell
this entity surface form: James S. McDonnell
James Smith McDonnell fullName James Smith McDonnell self-link
James Smith McDonnell hasPart James Smith McDonnell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy)
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry namedAfter James Smith McDonnell
this entity surface form: James S. McDonnell