George Stephen Springer

Background

Springer, George Stephen was born on December 12, 1933 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1959. Son of Joseph and Susan (Grausz) Springer.

Education

Bachelor in Engineering, University Sydney, Australia, 1959. Master in Engineering, Yale University, 1960. Master of Science in Engineering, Yale University, 1961.

Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1962. Doctor (honorary), Technology University Budapest, 2000. Doctor (honorary), University Sydney, 2007.

Career

Assistant professor mechanical engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1962-1967. Professor mechanical engineering University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1967-1983. Paul Pigott professor Stanford (California) University, since 1983, emeritus professor, since 2009, chairman department aeronautics and astronautics, 1990—2001.

Achievements

• George Stephen Springer has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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Membership

Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Engineer of Year 1995, Structures Structural Dynamics and Materials award 2000), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Worcester Reed Warner medal 1994), Society Advancement Materials and Process Engineering (Delmonte award 1991). Member American Physical Society, Society Automotive Engineers (Ralph Teetor award 1978), National Academy of Engineering, Hungarian National Academy of Sciences (foreign member), American Society Composites (Outstanding Researcher award 1997).

Connections

Married Susan Martha Flory, September 15, 1963. Children: Elizabeth Anne, Mary Katherine.

Father:

Joseph Springer

Mother:

Susan (Grausz) Springer

Spouse:

Susan Martha Flory

child:

Mary Katherine Springer

child:

Elizabeth Anne Springer