Background
Oppenheim, Antoni Kazimierz was born on August 11, 1915 in Warsaw, Poland. Came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1954. Son of Tadeusz and Zuzanna (Zuckerwar) Oppenheim.
Oppenheim, Antoni Kazimierz was born on August 11, 1915 in Warsaw, Poland. Came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1954. Son of Tadeusz and Zuzanna (Zuckerwar) Oppenheim.
Diploma in Engineering, Warsaw Institute of Technology, London, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University London, 1945. Diploma of Imperial College, 1945.
Doctor of Science, University London, 1976. Doctor Honoris Causa, University Poitiers, France, 1981. Doctor Honoris Causa, Technology University, Warsaw, 1989.
Doctor Honoris Causa, Imperial College, 1995.
Research assistant, City and Guilds College, 1942-1948; lecturer, City and Guilds College, 1946-1948; assistant professor mechanic engineering, Stanford University, 1948-1950; faculty, University of California at Berkeley, since 1950; professor mechanic engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1958-1986; Miller professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1961-1962; professor emeritus, University of California at Berkeley, since 1986; fellow, Imperial College, 1995. Visiting professor Sorbonne, Paris, 1960-1961, U. Poitiers, France, 1973, 80. Staff consultant Shell Development Company, 1952-1960.
Chairman Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute, 1958. IAA Committee on Gasdynamics of Explosions, 1968-2008. Organizer International Colloquia on Gas Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, 1967, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83.
Member National Aeronautics and Space Administration, advisory committee fluid mechanics, 1963-1969. Fellow Imperial College. Member United States National Academy Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences.
Married Lavinia Stephens, July 18, 1945. 1 daughter, Terry Annual.