James McDonnell

James Smith McDonnell of Altheimer (Jefferson County), aerospace industrialist who made McDonnell-Douglas into the second-largest military and commercial aviation corporation in the United States; 1965.

White man in glasses and suit posing in wooden chair with a rolled up newspaper

Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville

Media

Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Air / Transportation

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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