George H. Markstein was a combustion scientist, who has made pioneering contributions to flame theory and detonations.
After Anschluss in 1938, his family fled Austria, moved to Switzerland, to Portugal and then to Bogotá, Colombia.
After World War II, George and his family emigrated to the United States in 1946.
George then started working for Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory (CAL) in Buffalo, New York.
After 25 years at CAL, in 1971, he moved to Factory Mutual Research Corporation and worked on problems for fire spread and radiative transfer.