Background
Szebehely, Victor G. was born on August 10, 1921 in Budapest, Hungary.
Szebehely, Victor G. was born on August 10, 1921 in Budapest, Hungary.
Mechanical Engineering, University Budapest, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University Budapest, 1945. Doctor (honorary), Eotvos University Budapest, 1991.
Assistant professor University Budapest, 1945-1947. Research associate State University Pennsylvania, 1947-1948. Associate professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1948-1953.
Research associate Model Basin, United States Navy, 1953-1957. Research manager General Electric Company, 1957-1962. Associate professor astronomy Yale University, 1962-1968.
Professor aerospace engineering University Texas, Austin, 1968-1997, chairman department, 1977-1981, R.B. Curran Centennial chair in engineering, 1983-1997. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Johnson Space Center, United States Air Force Space Command, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University California.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Astronomical Society (Brouwer award division dynamical astronomy 1977), International Astronomical Union (president commission on celestial mechanics), National Academy of Engineering, European Academy Arts, Sciences, Literature.
Son of Victor and Vilma (Stockl) S. M. Jo Betsy Lewallen, May 21, 1970. 1 daughter, Julia.