Background
Klebanoff, Philip Samuel was born on July 21, 1918 in New York City. Son of Morris and Celia (Solowey) Klebanoff.
Klebanoff, Philip Samuel was born on July 21, 1918 in New York City. Son of Morris and Celia (Solowey) Klebanoff.
Bachelor of Science, Brooklyn College, 1939; postgraduate, George Washington University, 1942-1943, 44-45; Doctor of Engineering, Hokkaido U., Sapporo, Japan, 1979.
Staff member, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1941-1983;
assistant chief mechanics division, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1969-1978;
chief aerodynamics section, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1969-1975;
chief fluid mechanics section, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1975-1978;
senior scientist, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1978-1983;
consultant, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1983-1985;
guest science, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., from 1985. Member committee for theoretical and applied mechanics National Research Council-National Academy Sciences,1970-1974. Member industrial professional advising committee department aerospace Pennsylvania State University, 1970-1975, Naval Sea Systems Command Hydro Mechanics Committee, 1974-1981, Boundary Layer Transition Study Group, United States Air Force, 1970-1982.
Member organizing committee and international advisory board Beer-Sheva International Seminar on magnetohydrodynamic Flows and Turbulence, from 1975.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington Academy Sciences, American Physical Society (chairman of the executive committee fluid dynamics division 1969, Fluid Dynamics prize 1981). Member Philosophical Society Washington, National Academy Engineering.
Married Angelyn Effie Calvo, December 23, 1950. Children: Steven Michael, Susan Marian, Leonard Elliott.