Martin Summerfield

Martin Summerfield
Born (1916-10-20)October 20, 1916
Brooklyn
Died July 18, 1996(1996-07-18) (aged 79)
Hightstown, New Jersey
Alma mater Brooklyn College
California Institute of Technology
Scientific career
Fields Aerospace
Combustion
Institutions Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Princeton University
Doctoral advisor John D. Strong
Doctoral students Herman Krier

Martin Summerfield (20 October 1916 – 18 July 1996) was an American physicist and rocket scientist, a co-founder of Aerojet, head of Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory.[1][2] [3]

Life and career

Martin Summerfield (second from left) with Theodore von Kármán (center)

Summerfield received B.S. degree in Physics from Brooklyn College. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at California Institute of Technology in 1937 and 1941, respectively.[2] He was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1979[4].

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