Louis Dunn
Louis Dunn | |
|---|---|
| 3rd Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |
| In office 1947–1954 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Malina |
| Succeeded by | William Hayward Pickering |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1908 South Africa |
| Died | 1979 (aged 70–71) San Andreas, California, US |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (BS, MS, MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | aeronautical engineering |
| Thesis | An Investigation of Sheet-Stiffener Panels Subjected to Compression Loads with Particular Reference to Torsionally Weak Stiffeners (1940) |
| Doctoral advisors | Ernest Edwin Sechler Theodore von Kármán |
Louis Gerhardus Dunn (1908-1979) was a South African-born engineer who played a key role in the development of early American missiles and launch vehicles.