Background
Maxworthy, Tony was born on May 21, 1933 in London. Son of Ernest Charles and Gladys May (Butson) Maxworthy. came to the United States, 1954, naturalized, 1961.
mechanical and aerospace engineering educator
Maxworthy, Tony was born on May 21, 1933 in London. Son of Ernest Charles and Gladys May (Butson) Maxworthy. came to the United States, 1954, naturalized, 1961.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering with 1st class honors, U. London, 1954; Microsoft Security Essentials, Princeton University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1959.
Research assistant, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955-1959;
senior scientist, group supervisor, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1960-1967;
consultant, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, since 1968;
associate professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1967-1970;
professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1970;
Smith International professor mechanic and aero engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1988;
department chairman mechanic engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1979-1989;
consultant, British Broadcasting Corporation Research Center, Baden, Switzerland, 1972-1982;
consultant, J.P.L., Pasadena, California, 1968-1980;
lecturer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts, summers 1965, 70, 72, 83. Forman visiting professor aeronautics Technion Haifa, 1986. Visiting professor U. Polytechnic, Madrid, 1988, Institute Soperiore Technology, Lisbon, 1988, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Lausanne, 1989.
Associate professor Image, U. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, since 1980, Ecole Superieure Physics and Industrial Chemistry, Paris, since 1995. Shimizu visiting professor Stanford University, since 1996.
Fellow American Physical Society (chairman of the executive committee fluid dynamics division 1974-1979, Otto Laporte award 1990). Member National Academy of Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society.
Married Emily Jean Parkinson, June 20, 1956 (divorced 1974). Children: Kirsten, Kara. Married Anna BarbaraParks, May 21, 1979.
