Phillip Samuel Myers (8 May 1916 – 18 October 2006) was an American mechanical engineer.
A native of Webber, Kansas, Phillip Samuel Myers was born to parents Earl Myers and Sarah Catherine Breon on 8 May 1916. He earned a bachelor's of science degree from McPherson College in 1940, and completed a second bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Kansas State College in 1942, then joined the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty upon graduation. While teaching, he completed a master's of science (1944) and doctorate (1947) in mechanical engineering at UW–Madison as well. Myers obtained tenure in 1950, and became a full professor in 1955. He chaired UW–Madison's Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1979 to 1983, and was granted emeritus status upon retirement in 1986.[1]
In 1969, Myers became the first academic to serve as president of the Society of Automotive Engineers,[2] [3] and the SAE later elected him a fellow in 1977.[4] He was elected a 1971 fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,[1] and ten years later won the AMSE's Internal Combustion Engine Award.[5] In 1973, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, recognized for his "contributions to the understanding of ignition and heat transfer problems of internal combustion engines and their environmental impact."[1] [6] In 1998, Myers was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[7] Myers died on 18 October 2006, aged 90.[8]