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MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

 

Biographical Materials

Box 1, Folder 1

Clippings and press releases 1979 - 1998

Box 1, Folder 2

Marcos, Ferdinand and Imelda - Photograph, invitations, etc. 1976

Box 1, Folder 3

Office of Scientific Research and Development - Certificates undated

Box 1, Folder 4

Photocopies of photographs of Penner and others 1956 - 1963

Box 1, Folder 5

Photographs - Includes photos of Penner, Penner with others, and photos taken during Penner's 1976 visit to China 1960 - 1982

Box 1, Folder 6

S. S. Penner Biographical Data - Typescript & list of publications 1998

Box 1, Folder 7

Saratoga Springs High School - Diploma, certificates 1938

Box 1, Folder 8

State of California. State Board of Registration for Civil and Professional Engineers certificate 1948

Box 1, Folder 9

Tribute to S. S. Penner - Bound scrapbook containing letters, photographs, etc. 1986

Box 1, Folder 10

Union College - Diploma, transcript, etc. 1938 - 1942

Box 1, Folder 11

University of Wisconsin - Diplomas, transcript, certificates 1942 - 1946

Box 1, Folder 12

War Manpower Commission. Committee on Scientific Research Personnel - Letters, diplomas 1944

Box 1, Folder 13

Who's Who - Two proof sheets and one tear sheet from Who's Who biographies of Penner 1998 & undated

 

Awards and Honors

Box 1, Folder 14, Oversize FB-317-06

General awards and honors - Includes correspondence 1942 - 1998 & undated

Box 2, Folder 1

Plaques and medals 1955 - 1977

Oversize AB-12-D01

Gulf General Atomic Company - Nuclear Power Utilities HTGR Advanced Technology Training Program certificate 1973 October 31

Box 2, Folder 2

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) - Board of Directors 1964 - 1966

Box 2, Folder 3, Oversize FB-317-07

AIAA - G. Edward Pendray Award. Includes correspondence, clippings, photograph, etc. 1976

Box 2, Folder 4, Oversize FB-317-07

National Academy of Engineering 1977

Box 2, Folder 5, Oversize FB-317-07

Numa Manson Medal - Includes correspondence, photos 1979

Box 2, Folder 6, Oversize FB-317-07

Instituto Internazionale delle Comunicazioni - International Columbus Prize. Includes acceptance remarks, correspondence, clippings 1981

Box 2, Folder 7

International Energy Agency - National Advisory Board. Correspondence, clippings 1981

Box 2, Folder 8

Rheinisch-Westfalischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen - Honorary doctorate. Includes correspondence, clippings, etc. 1981

Oversize AB-12-D04

Rheinisch-Westfalischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen - Honorary doctorate 1981

Box 2, Folder 9, Oversize FB-317-07

AIAA - Energy Systems Award. Includes correspondence, clippings 1983

Box 3, Folder 1

AIAA San Diego Section - Outstanding Contribution to the AIAA at the National Level. Includes correspondence, program 1983

Box 3, Folder 2, Oversize FB-317-07

AIAA - Thermophysics Award. Includes press release, clippings, etc. 1983

Oversize AB-12-D02

AIAA - Emblem, Space Shuttle Challenger, Mission 41-B 1984 February 3

Oversize AB-12-D03

United States Department of Energy - Distinguished Associate Award 1990 January

Box 3, Folder 3

Doctors for Disaster Preparedness - Edward Teller Award for the Defense of Freedom. Includes correspondence 1997

Box 3, Folder 4

S.S. Penner Distinguished Lectures in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Sciences 1999 - 2000

 

Memorabilia

Box 3, Folder 5, Oversize FB-317-08

California Institute of Technology album 1956 - 1957

Box 3, Folder 6

Institute for Defense Analyses, Research and Engineering Support Division - Cartoons, greeting card, etc. 1964

Box 3, Folder 7

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer - Presentation copy of first issue, published in 1961, with six pages of signatures 1986

Box 3, Folder 8

Modern Developments in Energy, Combustion and Spectroscopy, in Honor of S. S. Penner - Presentation copy. Includes biography & list of publications by Penner 1993

 

Miscellaneous

Box 4, Folder 1

Conference and meeting materials - Includes correspondence, photographs, etc. 1960 - 2000

Box 4, Folder 2

Ogden Corporation - Annual report, correspondence, photographs, etc. 1985 - 1998

Box 4, Folder 3

Report of the Energy Center Review Committee - Photocopy of typescript 1985

Box 4, Folder 4

Von Karman, Theodore - Printed materials, clippings, etc. 1956 - 1994

 

WRITINGS

Box 4, Folder 5

AGARD Propulsion and Energetics Panel: 1952-1977 1978

Box 4, Folder 6

Are We About to Run Out of Usable, Low-Cost Energy Supplies? - Includes correspondence and sample issue of Prime Time Newsletter. 1998

 

Collected Papers of S. S. Penner [Bound volumes]

Box 4, Folder 7

1946 - 1954

Box 5, Folder 1-2

1955 - 1963

Box 6, Folder 1

1964 - 1968

Box 6, Folder 2

Combustion and Propulsion Research - In Chemical and Engineering News January 14, 1963

Box 6, Folder 3

Comment on "Temperature Measurement and Relaxation Processes in Shock Tubes" by A.G. Gaydon 1966

Box 6, Folder 4

Comment on "Testimony on the California Nuclear Initiative by Harold C. Urey and Hannes Alfven" - Typescript 1998

Box 6, Folder 5

Comments on "Research Support for the Power Industry" by M. Granger Morgan and Susan F. Tierney - Includes typescript, correspondence, and copy of Morgan and Tierney's article 1998

Box 6, Folder 6

Effect of Silica Gel Upon the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide - Bound carbon copy typescript of master's thesis 1943

Box 6, Folder 7

Equilibrium Radiation Properties of Gases - Published in the Handbook of Heat Transfer 1973

Box 6, Folder 8

First Decade (1964-74) of the AMES Department at UCSD - Typescript 1995

Box 6, Folder 9

Kinetics of Gelation; Resistance of Zirconia Gels During Setting - Includes handwritten notes and graphs 1942

Box 6, Folder 10

Long-Term Energy Supplies for the World. Typescript ca. 1998

Box 6, Folder 11

National Defense Research Council Project (Confidential); Calculations on the Formation and Decomposition... 1946

General note

See: box 7, folder 6 for a copy including the confidential first section.
Box 6, Folder 12

Partial Solutions to Problems in THERMODYNAMICS by S. S. Penner, with S. S. McElmury - Includes photostat, handwritten notes, etc. ca. 1968

Box 7, Folder 1

Radiation Phenomena in Rockets - Photostat negative of declassified document ca. 1940s

Box 7, Folder 2

Relationship Between Energy Conservation, GNP and Energy Consumption, with J. M. Bernard - Published in the 119th Anniversary Number of The Indian and Eastern Engineer 1977

Box 7, Folder 3-4

Report of the DOE Advanced Fuel-Cell Commercialization Working Group - Bound typescripts with corrections 1994

Box 7, Folder 5

Review of Conservative Environmentalism - Reassessing the Means, Redefining the Ends, by Dunn and Kinney - Photocopy from Energy, vol. 22, no. 6. 1997

Box 7, Folder 6

Studies on the Burning of Double Base Powders; Calculations on the Formation and Decomposition of Nitric... - Typescript of Ph.D. thesis, including the confidential first section 1946

General note

See also: box 6, folder 11
Box 7, Folder 7

Theoretical Aspects of Nitrogen Fixation by the Wisconsin Process - Typescript carbon copy with blueprint graphs undated

Box 7, Folder 8

United States Energy Supplies for the 21st Century - Offprint from Energy vol. 23, no. 2. Includes correspondence 1998

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Box 7, Folder 9

1962 - 1979 & undated

General note

Includes photographs, clippings, etc. Notable correspondents include the American Physical Society, Evelle J. Younger, Senator Henry M. Jackson, Senator S.I. Hayakawa, the National Academy of Sciences, and Roger Hedgecock.
Box 7, Folder 10

1980 - 1998

General note

Includes copies of articles by authors other than Penner, and other enclosures. Notable correspondents include the National Research Council, Robert Maxwell, the American Chemical Society, and William H. Avery.
Box 7, Folder 11

1999 - 2000