Background
Block, Henry David was born on February 22, 1920 in New York City. Son of Isaac and Celia (Gottschall) Block.
educator engineer mathematician
Block, Henry David was born on February 22, 1920 in New York City. Son of Isaac and Celia (Gottschall) Block.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, City College of New York, 1940, Bachelor of Civil Engineering, 1943. Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1947, Doctor of Philosophy, 1949.
1 son, David Lee. Experimental flight test engineer, stress analyst Goodyear Aircraft Corporation, Akron, Ohio, 1943-1945. Aerodynamicist Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Corporation, Jamaica, Long Island, New York, 1946. Teaching fellow Iowa State University, 1946-1947, faculty, 1947-1953.
Assistant professor of University Minnesota, 1953-1955.
Member of faculty Cornell Univercity, 1955-1978, professor theoretical and applied mechanics, 1961-1978. Visiting professor applied electrophysics University of California at San Diego, LaJolla, 1966-1967.
Visiting professor information science University of California at Santa Cruz, 1976. Chairman Gordon Research Conference on Biomath., Andover, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1969-1970.
Member of faculty Cornell Univercity, 1955-1978, professor theoretical and applied mechanics, 1961-1978. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Association Computing Machinery, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Phoebe T. Goggin, May 12, 1946.