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Civil engineer, served as Michigan state highway commissioner, chairman of the Mackinac Straits Bridge Authority and president of Portland Cement Company. Papers primarily document work with highway commission and Mackinac Straits Bridge Authority.

The papers, 1928-1968, of G. Donald Kennedy document his career in civil engineering, his participation in professional organizations, his activities as a state official, and as a supporter of the Michigan Democratic Party. The collection Includes correspondence, speeches, minutes, reports, articles, clippings, and photographs. The files relate to his work as municipal engineer in Pontiac, Michigan, with the Mackinac Straits Bridge Authority, the American Association of State Highway Officials, the Automotive Safety Foundation, and the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority. The collection also includes papers relating to highway and airport construction, to economic mobilization during World War II, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, state Democratic Party matters, particularly the campaign visits of President Roosevelt to Michigan in 1936.

Chief of engineering research at the Chrysler Corporation; correspondence, speeches, articles by and about him, photographs, and miscellanea.

The Huebner collection consists of a single series of speeches, articles, and biographical materials. Also included are three folders of photographs which include photographs of Huebner and his wife Gertrude Huebner; photographs of Huebner with automobiles having gas turbine engines; and photographs of Huebner with other automotive executives and engineers. One of the photos is of Wernher Von Braun.