Background
Liebowitz, Harold was born on June 25, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel and Sarah (Kaplan) Liebowitz.
administrator Dean engineering educator
Liebowitz, Harold was born on June 25, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel and Sarah (Kaplan) Liebowitz.
B. in Aeronautical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1944. Master in Aeronautical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1946. Doctor in Aeronautical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1948.
With, Office Naval Research, 1948-1960;
assistant dean Graduate School, executive director engineering experiment station, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1960-1961;
also visiting professor aero engineering, U. Colorado
head structural Mechanics branch, Office Naval Research, 1961-1968;
director Navy programs in solid propellant mechanics, Office Naval Research, 1962-1968;
dean, School Engineering and Applied Science, George Washington University, Washington, 1968-1990;
L. Stanley Crane endowed professor, since 1990;
research professor, endowed professor, Catholic U., Washington, 1962-1968;
president, National Academy of Engineering, Washington, 1995-1996. Consultant AERDCO, since 1960, Office Naval Research, since 1970, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company, 1981-1982, Pergamon Press, since 1968, Academy Press, since 1968. Member Israeli-American Materials Advisory Group, since 1970.
Science adviser Congressional Ad Hoc Com.on Environmental Quality, since 1969. Co-director Joint Institute for Advancement Flight Sciences National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, since 1971.
Board governors University Denver, since 1987. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society Metals. Member Society Engineering Sciences (past president), Science Research Society of America, American Technion Society (director), American Academy Mechanics (founder, president), International Cooperative Fracture Institute (founder, vice president), Engineers Council for Professional Development, national Academy Engineering (home secretary), Engineering Academy Japan, Argentina National Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Gamma Tau, Omega Rho, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Tau.
Married Marilyn Iris Lampert, June 24, 1951. Children: Alisa Lynn, Jay, Jill Denice.