Douglas Bradbury was born May 9, 1919 in Seneca, South Carolina. He graduated from Clemson College in 1940 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He remained at Clemson as an instructor of engineering graphics until February 1942, when he entered military service as an infantry officer during the Second World War. He returned to Clemson in 1946 as an instructor, and later earned a Masters degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1959. He returned once more to Clemson to head the Engineering Graphics department, became a professor of mechanical engineering in 1965, and was named Alumni Professor in Engineering in 1969. He retired from Clemson in 1985.
From the description of Douglas Bradbury papers, 1988. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 498400322
