McDonald, James 2022-02-07
This interview features James McDonald as he recounts his decision to attend graduate school, and his early career years. In this interview, Dr. McDonald describes attending Purdue university and getting his graduate degree before returning to Texas Tech and being in Lubbock at the time of the 1970 Lubbock Tornado. Dr. McDonald then goes on to explain his research on the Great Plains Life Building after the tornado, and how his career has evolved since then.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: James McDonald
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: February 7, 2022
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Zachary Hernandez
Length: 01:01:46 (1 hour 1 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction; attending graduate school; Returning to Texas Tech and doing damage research after the 1970 Lubbock tornado; The repairment of the Great Plains Life Building; developing the TTU engineering research program; Frustrations with trying to change building codes; Implications of wind damage; reflections on his early career years; Family life and camaraderie of the TTU engineering departments
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374083 >
Related Interview: McDonald, James 2022-01-31 and McDonald, James 2022-02-21
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