Background
Turkel, Solomon Henry was born on September 8, 1911 in New York City. Son of Bernard and Rebecca (Kirschenbaum) Turkel.
Turkel, Solomon Henry was born on September 8, 1911 in New York City. Son of Bernard and Rebecca (Kirschenbaum) Turkel.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1932. Master of Science, City College of New York, 1933.
Instructor high school, New York, 1941-1942; physicist, Argonne National Laboratory, 1944-1946; physicist, U. Chicago, 1944-1946; principal physicist director technical information, Nuclear Engine Propulsion Aircraft, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1946-1949; member technical staff, Operations Research Office of Johns Hopkins University, Washington, 1948-1956; systems analyst, Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, California, 1956-1959; senior engineer, General Electric Company, Philadelphia, 1959-1961; staff scientist, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1961-1963; staff scientist, Aerospace Corporation, San Bernardino, California, 1963-1966; staff scientist, Rockwell International, Downey, California, 1966-1976.
Board of directors National Conference Christians and Jews, Orange County, California, since 1976, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, since 1976. President Southern California Council B'nai B'rith, Los Angeles, 1963-1964. With United States Army, 1943-1946.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Mildred Cohen, May 7, 1941. Children: Susan Turkel Reininger, Patricia Turkel Landsberg.