FounderDuels

Ask us to remove this page

James McDonnell

@jamesmcdonnell

American aerospace pioneer (1899–1980)

Building McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as Founder · United States

  • Website not added yet
  • LinkedIn not added yet
  • X not added yet
  • Instagram not added yet
  • Facebook not added yet

Key facts

Lived
1899–1980
Educated at
Princeton University · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Little Rock Central High School

About

James McDonnell (1899–1980) was a military flight engineer and engineer. They were born in Denver. They studied at Princeton University.

In context

McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1939 and closed in 1967, after 28 years. Among the 23 other aerospace industry companies founded in the 1930s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 38 years, so this one closed earlier than most.

Named alongside

At Cyngn Inc.

At OUT FROM LAND INVESTOR GROUP LLC

At Pharmazz, Inc.

Contribution

James's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.

Companies