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Smakula, Alexander

Person · Germany

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Ukrainian expert in guided missile infra-red guidance during World War II. After the war worked for the US Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. In 1951 he was offered a professorship at MIT where he worked until his death.

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Germany
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1900 September 9

  • Birth of Alexander Smakula. - . Related Persons: Smakula. Ukrainian expert in guided missile infra-red guidance during World War II. After the war worked for the US Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. In 1951 he was offered a professorship at MIT where he worked until his death..

1983 May 17

  • Death of Alexander Smakula. - . Related Persons: Smakula. Ukrainian expert in guided missile infra-red guidance during World War II. After the war worked for the US Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. In 1951 he was offered a professorship at MIT where he worked until his death..