Arthur Kantrowitz
Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
Professor of Engineering, Emeritus Arthur Kantrowitz died of heart failure on November 29th, 2008. He was 95.
Most of Arthur's ashes were scattered in the ocean where he loved to be on his sailboat. The rest were placed under a marker near his parents' grave at the Kantrowitz plot in the New Montefiore Cemetery in Long Island.
A memorial service was held on January 11, 2009 at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Mass.
Arthur's wife, Lee Stuart, created a memorial website where people can share their thoughts and memories. Please contact Catharine Lamm (below) for more information.
Questions and condolences may be sent to catharine.lamm@dartmouth.edu
Obituaries: New York Times; LA Times; honorary blog post; The Dartmouth
Professor Kantrowitz came to Thayer School as professor and senior lecturer in 1978. Before coming to Dartmouth, he taught aeronautical engineering and engineering physics at Cornell for ten years, and was founder and CEO of the Avco Everett Research Laboratory. Kantrowitz holds 21 patents and has served our government on advisory boards to the Ford White House, the Department of Commerce, NASA, the General Accounting Office, and the National Science Foundation.
His interests today relate to the roles of academia and the scientific community in the public perception of technology. He has proposed and tried to develop Scientific Adversary Procedures (SAP), also known as the "Science Court." SAP are designed to provide a more reliable source of what science knows, and especially what science doesn't know, when that information is needed for the making of public policy.
Expertise
Fluid mechanics; high energy lasers; aeronautics; astronautics; gas dynamics; biomedical engineering; interaction of science and technology with society.
Education
- B.S., physics, Columbia University 1934
- M.A., physics, Columbia University 1936
- Ph.D, physics, Columbia University 1947
Awards and Honors
- Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Member of National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering
- Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow
- Roosevelt Medal of Honor for Distinguished Service in Science
In the News
The New York Times
July 2, 2002
"Powering Aircraft of the Future From the Ground, With Lasers" (subscription required)
By Kenneth ChangThe Boston Globe
August 12, 2001
"From outer space to the O.R., a 32-year quest to save lives: The Making of the Abiomed Artificial Heart"
By Gareth Cook
In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine
- In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Arthur Kantrowitz
Winter 2009 - Inventions: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Winter 2009