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Donald Shiley (Donald Pearce Shiley) was born on 19 January, 1920, is an American engineer. Discover Donald Shiley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

Popular As Donald Pearce Shiley
Occupation biomedical engineering
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 19 January 1920
Birthday 19 January
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Date of death 31 July, 2010
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1920

Donald Pearce Shiley (January 19, 1920 – July 31, 2010) was the inventor of the Bjork–Shiley valve, a prosthetic heart valve.

He was born in Yakima, Washington, on January 19, 1920.

His family was homesteaders, and followed the fruit harvest; he joined his brothers at harvest time through the years of the Great Depression, but quickly learned that his interest and skill were in “fixing things” on the farm.

He said that “I liked machines.

I liked the way they are ideas that get built.“

Shiley attended Oregon State University, the Land-grant university in Oregon, on a scholarship, but left to join the Navy for service in World War II.

After the war, he enrolled at the University of Portland, a private Roman Catholic institution, using the G.I. Bill benefits to study engineering and chemistry.

1951

He was a 1951 alumnus of the University of Portland, where he studied engineering.

In 1951, he graduated first in his class.

Shiley began working at Edwards Laboratories, located in Orange County, California, south of Los Angeles, the first manufacturer of artificial heart-valves.

Later he established his own company, Shiley Laboratories, in the same area.

His first valve was developed together with the American heart-surgeon Kay, and was the first disc heart-valve.

Compared with the Edwards valve, which had the shape of a little ball, the disc valve needed much less space within the heart when implanted.

Some years later, Shiley improved his design in cooperation with Swedish heart surgeon Viking Björk, which led to the first tilting disc heart-valve, resulting in a much better flow of blood through the valve.

Shiley Labs developed and manufactured other products, especially tracheal and endotracheal tubes for respiration after surgery in the mouth or throat, and during anesthesia.

The Björk–Shiley heart valve underwent several improvements in the following years, primarily in the degree of opening of the disc, thus reducing turbulence in the bloodstream.

Some years later, Shiley decided to sell his company to Pfizer, and retired.

Shiley was married twice: to Pat, the mother of his four children and who died in middle-age; and to Darlene Marcos.

2007

In March 2007, the Shileys donated $12 million to the University of Portland, for renovating the University's School of Engineering.

The grant was the largest the university had ever received.

Shiley also made a donation to the University of San Diego for the Donald P. Shiley Center for Science and Technology.

2010

Shiley died on July 31, 2010, after deteriorating health.

He is survived by his wife, Darlene Marcos, and four children and five grandchildren

2012

In 2012, Darlene Shiley donated $1 million to MASTERPIECE Trust, the PBS fund which supports the "Masterpiece" program series, when the Downton Abbey series brought increased interest in Masterpiece and after the fund had lost a major donor.