Joseph A. McDonald

Joseph A. McDonald (December 6, 1866 – July 15, 1930) was a significant figure in the development of the Northeastern U.S. steel industry. As superintendent of the Ohio Works of the Carnegie Steel Company, in Youngstown, Ohio, McDonald oversaw construction of one of the largest steel-production plants in the country. which won the premier championship of the Ohio–Pennsylvania League in 1905 and took the league pennant again in 1906. McDonald also sponsored the Youngstown Champs, which replaced the Ohio Works team and won the league championship in 1907.

Later years In 1912, McDonald became superintendent of the Cambria Steel Company, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He was later associated with the Jones & Laughlin Corporation. During World War I, he became involved with the Federal War Industries Board.

He died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on July 15, 1930 of complications from Baker's Cyst, just three days after the death of his elder brother, Thomas McDonald, in Youngstown. Funeral services were held at the Orr Funeral Home, and McDonald's remains were interred at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Youngstown. In a eulogy prepared by Dr. W. E. Hammaker, pastor of Youngstown's Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, McDonald was described as a "great industrialist, a civic reformer, and a true philosopher".