Milton Spinoza Plesset

Background

Plesset, Milton Spinoza was born on February 7, 1908 in Pittsburgh. Son of Benjamin Milton and Anna (Schwartz) Plesset.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Pittsburgh, 1929; Master of Sciences, University Pittsburgh, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1932.

Career

Instructor theoretical physics, U. Rochester, New York, 1935-1940; head analytical group research laboratory, Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, California, 1942-1945; professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1963-1978; professor emeritus, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1978-1991; Adjunct Professor, University of California at Los Angeles, from 1976. Researcher Bohr Institute, Denmark. Consultant to director Naval Ordance Test St., Pasadena, 1945-1948.

Consultant General Motors Research Laboratory, Detroit, 1955-1970, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1971-1975, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, from 1983.

Achievements

• Milton Spinoza Plesset has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, fluid dynamicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member science advisory board United States Air Force, Washington, 1951-1953. Member science advisory council State of California, Sacramento, 1959-1961. Member of advisory panel in Mechanics National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1959-1963, member of advisory committee reactorsafeguards United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 1975-1982, chairman, 1980.

Fellow American Physical Society (member Executive Committee fluids dynamics division 1963-1972), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman of the executive committee 1965-1967, Chairman executive com fluids engineering division 1971-1972). Member American Nuclear Society, National Academy Engineering.

Connections

Married Isabel Avis Rosanoff, March 28, 1934 (deceased August 1985). Children– Michael Rosanoff, Jean Ann Gray, Marjorie Leva, Judith Else.

Father:

Benjamin Milton Plesset

Mother:

Anna (Schwartz) Plesset

Spouse:

Isabel Avis Rosanoff

child:

Michael Rosanoff Plesset

child:

Marjorie Leva Plesset

child:

Judith Else Plesset

child:

Jean Ann Gray Plesset