Background
Altar, William was born on August 27, 1900 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1929. Son of Karl and Sophie (Bix) Altar.
Altar, William was born on August 27, 1900 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1929. Son of Karl and Sophie (Bix) Altar.
Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Physics, University Vienna, 1923.
Teacher physics Pennsylvania State University, 1929—1935, Princedton University, 1935—1937, Robert College, Istanbul, 1937—1940. Instructor electrical engineering Case School, 1940—1942. Senior staff physicist Westinghouse Research Laboratories, 1942—1959, Ramo-Wooldridge, El Segundo, California, 1959—1961, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, 1961—1965.
With Naval Research Laboratories, Washington, 1966—1970. Consultant, 1970—1971. Physicist Theoretical Physics, Los Angeles.
Married Lisa H. Feibelmann. Children: Babette, Charles A.