Editing Donald Shiley (section)

==Early life==
He was born in [[Yakima, Washington]], on January 19, 1920.<ref name=Bell2012>{{cite news |last1=Bell|first1=Diane|title=Darlene Shiley puts heart and soul into giving |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/02/darlene-shiley-puts-heart-and-soul-giving/ |accessdate=June 5, 2014 |newspaper=[[U-T San Diego|San Diego Union Tribune]] |date=April 2, 2012}}</ref> His family was homesteaders, and followed the fruit harvest;<ref name=Bell2012 /> 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.<ref name=Perry2010 /> He said that “I liked machines. I liked the way they are ideas that get built.“<ref name=Perry2010 />

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<ref name=Bell2012 /> to study engineering and chemistry. In 1951, he graduated first in his class.<ref name=Perry2010 />