Rolf Heinrich Sabersky
| Rolf Heinrich Sabersky | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 20, 1920 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | October 24, 2016 (aged 96) |
| Fields | Mechanical engineering |
| Institutions | Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel Aerojet Engineering Corporation California Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater |
Franzosisches Gymnasium Swiss Federal Technical Institute California Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Experimental and theoretical investigations on the general flow patterns in axial flow compressors. (1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | W. Duncan Rannie |
| Other academic advisors |
Carl David Anderson H. Victor Neher Charles Christian Lauritsen Clark Millikan Hans Wolfgang Liepmann |
| Doctoral students | Max Edmund Ellion |
| Other notable students | Carver Mead |
| Notable awards |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Heat Transfer Memorial Award, 1977 |
Rolf Heinrich Sabersky (October 20, 1920 – October 24, 2016) was professor emeritus in mechanical engineering at Caltech. He worked with luminaries throughout his career including Apollo M. O. Smith and Theodore von Kármán at Aerojet. James Van Allan sought his expertise for the development of the Ajax and Bumblebee rocket programs.
Rolf Heinrich Sabersky was born in Berlin, Germany. His parents were Fritz Sabersky, occupation listed as lawyer and Berta Sabersky, housewife with 3 children, son Wilhelm occupation listed as merchant, daughter Olga Leonore, student and Rolf, student.
1938, Sabersky graduated from the Franzosisches Gymnasium, the French High School. He attended from the age of 10 and completed the Abitur at the age of 17. A classmate of his was noted musicologist Alexander Ringer, professor of music at the University of Illinois. The children left Germany on July 3, 1938 and the parents soon followed. From Germany the family traveled to Zurich. While waiting for immigration visas to be issued, Sabersky passed the entrance exams and briefly attended the Swiss Federal Technical Institute or ETH Zurich. George Pólya was the proctor for the mathematics examination. The Sabersky family escaped Kristallnacht, which occurred in November 1938.
On December 17, 1938, the Sabersky family arrived at New York City, New York after sailing from Le Havre, France aboard the S.S. Normandie, according to records. The family recorded their race as Hebrew with spoken and written fluency in German and English. Mr. Sabersky and all the children were born in Berlin, Germany. Mrs. Sabersky was born in Sechof, Germany. The family had been issued immigration visas in Zurich on October 20, 1938. Before coming to America, the family resided at Berlin.
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