[3] Drucker studied at the Columbia University, where he obtained his BSc in civil engineering in 1938.
[3] Between 1940 and 1943, Drucker taught at Cornell University, later joining the Armour Research Foundation.
[4] In 1984 he left Illinois to become a graduate research professor at the University of Florida until his retirement in 1994.
He received the Murray Lecture and Award in 1967,[5] title the seventh Honorary Member in 1969,[6] Frocht Award in 1971[7] and title of Fellow[8] from the Society for Strain Analysis (SESA), now known as the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM).
The Daniel C. Drucker Medal, awarded by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, was named in his honor in 1998.