Martin Summerfield

Martin Summerfield, Ph.D. (1916–1996) was an American physicist and rocket scientist, a co-founder of Aerojet, head of Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.[1][2] [3]

Life and career

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]

References

  1. ↑ Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 15 (2011);Martin Summerfield;
  2. 1 2 Encyclopedia Astronautica; Summerfield
  3. ↑ Martin Summerfield and his Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory
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