Dr. Anthony Donaldson, Engineer

Dr. Anthony Donaldson received his B.S., M.S. and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1979, 1982 and 1990, respectively. He also received a M.A in Missions and Evangelism from Asbury Theological Seminary in 1994.

In the summer of 2006, Dr. Donaldson was hired by California Baptist University as the founding dean of the new school of engineering which had its first classes in the fall of 2007. From 1998 to 2006 he served as professor of electrical engineering and the director of the engineering programs at Seattle Pacific University where he led a successful accreditation effort and was responsible for numerous innovations in curriculum and facilities.

From 1994-1996 Dr. Donaldson and his family were in Bangalore, India, the “Silicon Valley of Asia”, where he raised venture capital for a native Indian’s vision and started a consultancy business in the telecommunications area.

In graduate school at Texas Tech, Dr. Donaldson worked on the “Star Wars” pulsed power project. His research in modeling electrode erosion in High Energy pulsed switches won critical acclaim and resulted in over 40 peer reviewed articles and conference presentations as well as a patent for a new type of material. The Chief Scientist of the Air Force who served on his committee remarked that it was an outstanding achievement. He won the International Pulsed Power Student award given to the best pulsed power student worldwide, the National Plasma Science award, a NATO sponsorship, the TTU outstanding EE graduate student award and the graduate student teaching award twice.

Dr. Donaldson is married to Darla who teaches statistics, finance and operations management at California Baptist University. They have two children. Originally from Texas, Dr. Donaldson enjoys music, archaeology, reading and cross cultural experiences.