Donovan Harold Young
(1904-1980)

Donovan Harold Young was a well-known engineering educator. He was a professor at the University of Michigan and later at Stanford University. His five textbooks in the field of applied mechanics, written with S.P. Timoshenko, were translated into many languages and used throughout the world.

From Mechanics of Materials, 4th Ed., by J.M. Gere and S.P. Timoshenko, PWS Publishing, 1997, pp. 835-42.