Background
Lagerstrom, Paco Axel was born on February 24, 1914 in Oskarshamm, Sweden. Son of Paco Harald and Karin (Wiedemann) Lagerstrom.
Lagerstrom, Paco Axel was born on February 24, 1914 in Oskarshamm, Sweden. Son of Paco Harald and Karin (Wiedemann) Lagerstrom.
Filosofie Kandidat, University Stockholm, 1935. Filosofie Licenciat, University Stockholm, 1939. Postgraduate, University Munster, Germany, 1938.
Doctor of Philosophy in Math, University Princeton University, 1942.
Instructor mathematics, Princeton University, 1941-1944; flight test engineer, Bell Aircraft, 1944-1945; aerodynamicist, Douglas Aircraft, 1945-1946; consultant, Douglas Aircraft, 1946-1966; research associate in aerospace, staff engineer, California Institute Technology, 1946-1947; assistant professor aerospace, California Institute Technology, 1947-1949; associate professor, California Institute Technology, 1949-1952; professor, California Institute Technology, 1952-1967; professor applied mathematics, California Institute Technology, 1967-1981; professor emeritus, California Institute Technology, 1981-1989. Consultant TRW, 1966-1968. Visiting professor U. Paris, 1960-1961, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1984, Clarkson U., 1986.
Member board Coleman Chamber Music, Pasadena, from 1950, president, 1958-1960. Member American Mathematics Society Clubs: The Travellers (Paris). Brook, Knickerbocker (New York City).
Associates of Caltech (life, Pasadena).