Bio-Bibliography of Frank J. Malina

Bio-Bibliography of Frank J. Malina I. CURRICULUM VITAE Dates 1912- 1981 Nationality U.S.A. Personal History Married Marjorie Duckworth,,1949 Two sons: Roger (b. 1950),Alan (b. 1952) Education California Institute of Technology - Ph.D. Aeronautics, 1940 - M.S. Aeronautical Engineering, 1936 - M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1935 Texas A&M University - B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1935 Positions California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA - Co-Founder, GALCIT Rocket Research Project, 1936 - Professor, 1942-1946 - Chief Engineer, Air Corps Jet Propulsion Research Project, 1938-1944 - Co-Founder, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1944 - Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1944-1946 Co-op Agent, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1939-1943 Consultant, U.S. National Defense Research Committee, 1941-1945 Co-Founder and Director, Aerojet General Corp., Azusa, CA, 1942-1944 Scientific Consultant, U.S. War Dept. European Missions, 1944and 1946 N.A.C.A. Sub-committee on Propulsion Systems, 1945-1947 UNESCO, Natural Sciences Dept., Paris - Counselor, 1947-1948 - Deputy Director, 1948-1951 - Head, Division of Scientific Research, 1951-1953 Professional Artist, 1953-1981 Founder and Director, Electre Lumidyne Internations Corp. (ELI), 1959-1976 Founder-Editor, Leonardo, International Journal of Contemporary Visual Artists, 1967-198 1. International Astronautical Federation (IAF), Paris - Representative to UNESCO, 1959-1964 - Representative to United Nations, ECOSOC, Geneva, 1964-1976 International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Paris - Member of Founding Committee, 1960 - Vice-president, 1960-1963 - President, 1963 - Trustee Past-President, 1963-198 1 - Chairman, Lunar International Laboratory Committee, 1960-1968 - Chairman, Manned Research on Celestial Bodies Committee, 1968-198 1 Other - Board of Trustees, Theodore von Kirman Memorial Foundation Inc., Washington, DC, - International Councilman, Association of Former Students,Texas A&M University, 1969-1976 - Committee on Correspondence, Center for Integrative Education, 1972-1974 - Board of Governors, Institute of American Studies in France, 1974-1980 - Editorial Advisory Board, Computer Air and Graphics (U.S.A.), 1976-1981 1961- 1962, 1975-198 1 0 1987 ISAST PergamonJournals Ltd. Printed in Great Britain. 0024-094X/87 53.OOtO.00 LEONARDO, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 417425,1987 Awards and Citations French Prix d’Astronautique (Prix REP-Hirsch), 1939 Certificate of Commendation (Ord. Dept., U.S. Army), 1946 C.M. Hickman Award (American Rocket Society), 1946 Prix Yvonne Valensi (Art Exhibition “Comparisons”), Paris, 1958 Order of Merit, Commander (French SOC.for the Encouragement of Research and Invention), 1962 Resolution in Appreciation of Services to the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Medal of Honor, City of Meudon, France, 1970 Prix Signature (Visual Art), France, 1970 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Texas A&M University, 1972 Representatives, 1967 11. PUBLICATIONS “The Diesel Engine”, The Technoscope (Texas A&M University), pp. 7-8 (May 1933). “Characteristics of Braked, Locked and Free-Wheeling Two- and Three-Bladed Propellers”, with “Aeronautics Lessons”, with Theodore von Karma,, Popular Educator (1938). “Flight Analysisofthe Sounding Rocket”, with A.M.O. Smith,J. Aero. Sciences5,No. 5, pp. 199-202 “Rocketry in California: Plans and Progress of the GALCIT Rocket Research Group”, Astronoutics, “Flight Analysis of a Sounding Rocket with Special Reference to Propulsion by Successive Impulses”, “Characteristics of the Rocket Motor Unit Based on the Theory of Perfect Gases”, J. Franklin Inst. 230, “Characteristics of the Ideal Solid Propellant Rocket Motor”, with Theodore von Karman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Report No. 1-4,l December 1940;cf. Collected Works of Theodore von Karman, Vol. 4 (London: Butterworths, 1956)pp. 94-106. “Recent Developments in the Dynamics of Wind-Erosion”, Trans. Amer. Geophysical Union, pp. 262-284 (1941). “The Possibilities of Long-Range Rocket Projectiles”, with Theodorevon Karman and H.S.Tsien, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Memo. JPL- I, 20 November 1943; (Summary of) cf. Collected Worksof Theodore von Karman, Vol.4 (London: Butterworths, 1956) pp. 206-208. “Comparative Study of Jet Propulsion Systemsas Applied to Missiles and Transonic Aircraft”, with Theodore von Kirmin, M. Summerfield and H.S. Tsien, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Memo. JPL-2, 28 March 1944; (Summary of) cf. Collected Works of Theodore von Karman, Vol.4 (London: Butterworths, 1956)pp. 209-21 1. “Jet Propulsion-Its Effect upon EngineeringEducation”, J. Enq. Ed. 37,No. 2, pp. 179-185 (October 1946). “Is the Sky the Limit?: Ordnance Rockets Demolish the Barriers of...