Donald Morison White (19 August 1915 – 10 September 1995) was a United States Navy rear admiral.
He was subsequently assigned to torpedo bomber squadron VT-6 aboard USS Enterprise and participated in 1942 combat operations.
[16] Given command of Carrier Division 20, his flagship USS Intrepid retrieved the Gemini 3 astronauts and their spacecraft after their Atlantic splashdown in March 1965.
[3] His final assignment was as deputy director for inspection services in the office of the assistant secretary of defense for administration.
He died of cardiac arrest at Baptist Hospital there after abdominal surgery and was interred beside his wife at Barrancas National Cemetery on 15 September 1995.