Martin Summerfield

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.

[1][2] [3] Summerfield received B.S.

degree in physics from Brooklyn College.

and Ph.D. degrees at California Institute of Technology in 1937 and 1941, respectively.

[2] He was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1979.