Background
Kolm, Henry Herbert was born on September 10, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1943.
physicist electric research company executive
Kolm, Henry Herbert was born on September 10, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1943.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955.
Research staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1955-1975;
senior scientist National Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1975-1989;
retired, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1989;
president, Magneplane International, Inc., 1989-1995;
president, Magplane Technology, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, since 1995. Vice president research Piezo Electric Products Inc., Cambridge, 1980-1988. President Kolm Air Transport, Inc., 1981_.
President, chairman Electromagnetic Launch Research Inc., Hudson, Massachusetts, 1982-1989. Lecturer department aero and astronaut. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1978.
Staff sergeant Military Intelligence United States Army, 1943-1945. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate, Engineer of Year award New England section 1994). Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), American Physical Society.
Son of Richard and Ella, (Jellenik) K. Married Elizabeth Olmstead Cushing, June 6, 1953. Children: Margaret, Juliet, Edna, Cornelia.