Stanford S. Penner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stanford S. Penner

German-American professor of engineering physics

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1921

Place of Birth: Unna, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Jul-2016

Profession: physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Stanford Solomon Penner (5 July 1921 – 15 July 2016) also known as Sol Penner, was a German-American scientist and engineer, a major figure in combustion physics, especially in rocket engines, and a founder of the Engineering program at University of California, San Diego.
He obtained his PhD in 1946 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison under Farrington Daniels and Theodore von Kármán.