Martin Summerfield (20 October 1916 – 18 July 1996) was an American physicist and rocket scientist, a co-founder of Aerojet, head of Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory.Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 15 (2011);Martin Summerfield;Encyclopedia Astronautica; Summerfield Martin Summerfield and his Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory
Life and career
Summerfield received B.S. degree in physics from Brooklyn College. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the California Institute of Technology in 1937 and 1941, respectively. He was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1979.
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