Russell James Donnelly (born 16 April 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, died 13 June 2015 in Eugene, Oregon) was a Canadian-American physicist known for his work on classical and quantum fluid dynamics.
[1] In 1956 he received his doctorate from Yale University, with a thesis entitled "On the hydrodynamics of liquid helium".
[1] In 1956 he became an instructor and later professor at the James Franck Institute at the University of Chicago, where he worked with S. Chandrasekhar and Dave Fultz.
In 1966 he moved to the University of Oregon,[1] where it was possible for both himself and his wife, art historian Marian Donnelly, to hold positions.
[4] During his life he advised 25 PhD students, and mentored many others, including future Nobel prize winner David Lee.