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 the 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]

References

1. Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 15 (2011);Martin Summerfield;
2. Encyclopedia Astronautica; Summerfield
3. Martin Summerfield and his Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Dr. Martin Summerfield".

External links

• Martin Summerfield at Find a Grave