Arthur Robert Robert Kantrowitz

Background

KANTROWITZ, Arthur was born on October 20, 1913 in New York, United States. Son of Bernard A. Kantrowitz and Rose (n£e Esserman) Kantrowitz.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1934. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1947.

Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Montana College Mineral Science and Technology, 1975. Honorary Doctor of Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1981.

Career

Physicist National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1935-1946. Professor aeronautical engineering and engineering physics Cornell University, 1946-1956. Founder, director, chairman, chief executive officer Avco-Everett Research Laboratory, Everett, Massachusetts, 1955-1978.

Senior vice president, director Avco Corporation, 1956-1979. Professor Thayer School Engineering, Dartmouth College, from 1978. Visiting lecturer Harvard University, 1952.

Fulbright and Guggenheim fellow Cambridge and Manchester universities, 1954. Fellow School Advanced Study, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957, visiting institute professor, since 1957. Joseph Wunsch lecturer Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1968.

Member, fellow lecturer American Institute Chemists, 1977. Messenger lecturer Cornell University, 1978. 1st Hastings lecturer National Institutes of Health, 1977.

Honorary professor Huazhong Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China, 1980. Member Presidential Advisory Group on Anticipated Advances in Science and Technology, head task force on science court, 1975-1976. Member technical advisory board United States Department Commerce, 1974-1977.

Member advisory panel NOVA, Station WGBH-television, since 1975. Board overseers Center for Naval Analyses, 1973-1983. Member advisory council Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation, 1978-1981.

Board governors The Technion (honorary life). Member advisory council National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1979, 80. Life trustee University Rochester.

Past member science and engineering advisory committee University Rochester, Princeton University, Stanford University and Rensselaer Poly Institute. Visiting professor University California, Berkeley, 1983.

Achievements

• Arthur Robert Kantrowitz has been listed as a noteworthy physicist, researcher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Hertz Foundation, since 1972. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1st Von Kármán lecturer 1964, Fluid and Plasmadynamics medal 1981, Aerospace Contribution to Society award 1990, honorary fellow 1998), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society, American Astronautical Society, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Member National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, International Academy Astronautics, American Institute Physics, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Sailing, tennis.

Connections

Married Rosalind Joseph, September 12, 1943 (divorced). Children: Barbara, Lore, Andrea. Married Lee Stuart, December 25, 1980.

Father:

Bernard A. Kantrowitz

Mother:

Rose (Esserman) Kantrowitz

Spouse:

Rosalind Joseph

Spouse:

Lee Stuart

child:

Lore Kantrowitz

child:

Andrea Kantrowitz

child:

Barbara Kantrowitz