Martin Summerfield Explained

Martin Summerfield
Birth Date:	20 October 1916
Birth Place:	Brooklyn
Death Place:	Hightstown, New Jersey
Fields:	Aerospace Combustion
Workplaces:	Jet Propulsion Laboratory Princeton University
Alma Mater:	Brooklyn College California Institute of Technology
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

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13160&page=389 Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 15 (2011);Martin Summerfield
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190333/http://www.astronautix.com/astros/sumfield.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica; Summerfield
3. https://info.aiaa.org/tac/PEG/SRTC/Shared%20Documents/SRTC%20Awards%20Subcommittee/2011%20JPC%20Best%20Papers/AIAA-2011-5711-765.pdf Martin Summerfield and his Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory
4. Web site: Dr. Martin Summerfield.