Gerhard Neumann
Gerhard Neumann · Technology & Engineering
GE Aircraft Engine chief/VP (1963-1980); drove jet-engine innovations including the variable-stator compressor (J79) and high-bypass turbofans (TF39, CF6, CFM56).
1917, Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany — 1997, Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States
Germany, China and the United States
Gerhard Neumann is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — GE Aircraft Engine chief/VP (1963-1980); drove jet-engine innovations including the variable-stator compressor (J79) and high-bypass turbofans (TF39, CF6, CFM56).
Gerhard Neumann was a German-born Jewish engineer who fled Nazi Germany, worked in China during the war, and became the influential chief and vice-president of GE Aircraft Engines from 1963 to 1980. He drove major jet-engine advances including the variable-stator compressor of the J79 and the high-bypass turbofans TF39, CF6 and CFM56. His engines powered many of the world's airliners and military aircraft.
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GE Aircraft Engine chief/VP (1963-1980); drove jet-engine innovations including the variable-stator compressor (J79) and high-bypass turbofans (TF39, CF6, CFM56).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Neumann
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