Background
Knuth, Eldon Luverne was born on May 10, 1925 in Luana, Iowa, United States. Son of Alvin W. and Amanda M. (Becker) Knuth.
Knuth, Eldon Luverne was born on May 10, 1925 in Luana, Iowa, United States. Son of Alvin W. and Amanda M. (Becker) Knuth.
Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1949. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy (Guggenheim fellow), California Institute of Technology, 1953.
Aerothermodynamics group leader, Aerophysics Development Corporation, 1953-1956; associate research engineer department engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1956-1959; associate professor engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1965; professor engineering and applied science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965-1991; professor emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1991; head chemical, nuclear thermal division department engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963-1965; chairman energy kinetics department, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969-1975; head molecular-beam laboratory, University of California at Los Angeles, 1961-1988. General chairman Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute, 1959. Visiting scientist, von Humboldt fellow Max-Planck Institute für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1975-1976.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society Engineering Education, American Institute Chemical Engineers, Combustion Institute, Society Engineering Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Vacuum Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Gamma Alpha Rho, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Delta Chi, Pi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Gimlet (Lafayette, Indiana).
Married Marie O. Parrat, September 10, 1954 (divorced 1973). Children: Stephen B., Dale L., Margot O., Lynette M. Married Margaret I. Nicholson, December 30, 1973.