Frank E. Marble

Frank Earl Marble (July 21, 1918 – August 11, 2014) was an American scientist who worked in the field of aerodynamics and combustion. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1940 and Master's degree in Applied Mathematics in 1942, both from Case Institute of Technology. He obtained an engineer's degree in 1947 and PhD in 1948 under the supervision of Theodore von Kármán and Hans W. Liepmann from California Institute of Technology.^[2][3][4][5]

Frank E. Marble
Born	(1918-07-21)July 21, 1918 Cleveland, Ohio
Died	August 11, 2014(2014-08-11) (aged 96)
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	Case Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology
Known for	Marble–Adamson problem
Scientific career
Fields	Aerospace Engineering Combustion
Institutions	California Institute of Technology
Thesis	The Rotational Motion of an Ideal Fluid and Application to the Three-Dimensional Flow through Axial Turbomachinery  (1948)
Doctoral advisor	Theodore von Kármán Hans W. Liepmann[1]
Doctoral students	Sébastien Candel Gary Flandro Ann Karagozian Amable Liñán P. N. Shankar Donald L. Turcotte

Marble worked at Caltech until his retirement in 1989. He was an elected member of National Academy of Engineering (1974)^[6] and National Academy of Sciences (1989).^[7]