John Rettaliata

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John Theodore Rettaliata
Born	(1911-08-18)August 18, 1911 Baltimore
Died	August 8, 2009(2009-08-08)
Alma mater	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Johns Hopkins University
Profession	Fluid dynamicist
Children	Stephen, Brian, and Patricia

John Theodore Rettaliata was a fluid dynamicist who was president of Illinois Institute of Technology for 21 years, from 1952 to 1973, and served on President Dwight D. Eisenhower's National Aeronautics and Space Council, the predecessor to NASA.^[1] He received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Pi Tau Sigma joint Gold Medal in 1942,^[2] received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of Johns Hopkins University,^[3] was a National Honorary Member of the Triangle Fraternity,^[4] and held a lifetime position on the Museum of Science and Industry Board of Trustees.^[5] He also held the distinction of being one of the first people to fly in a jet aircraft.^[6] Illinois Institute of Technology has a professorial position dedicated to Rettaliata, the John T. Rettaliata Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, currently occupied by Hassan M. Nagib.^[7]

Biography

Rettaliata attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute magnet high school which enabled him to enter Johns Hopkins University as a sophomore in 1929. He graduated with a Ph.D. in 1936. Rettaliata died on August 8, 2009 at the age of 97.^[8]

Notes

↑ "Biographies of Aerospace Officials and Policymakers". NASA. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
↑ "Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
↑ "The Distinguished Alumnus Award". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
↑ "Triangle Fraternity – Individual Awards". ASME. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
↑ "Museum of Science and Industry Board of Trustees". Museum of Science and Industry. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
↑ "Engineering's Engine of Change". Johns Hopkins University. Fall 2008. pp. 30–34. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
↑ "IIT Faculty – Hassan Nagib". IIT. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
↑ "Obituary for John T. Rettaliata". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2009-08-09.

Academic offices
Preceded by Henry Townley Heald	President of the Illinois Institute of Technology 1952–1973	Succeeded by Maynard P. Venema

v t e Illinois Institute of Technology

Academic Programs and Institutes	Center for Sustainable Enterprise Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions Chicago-Kent College of Law Oyez Project Gas Technology Institute IIT Institute of Design IIT Physics Department IIT Research Institute IIT Stuart School of Business Institute for Food Safety and Health Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future VanderCook College of Music

Buildings	Academic Campus S. R. Crown Hall McCormick Tribune Campus Center Rice Campus State Street Village

People	Alumni Faculty

Presidents	Frank W. Gunsaulus (1892–1921) Howard M. Raymond (1922–1932) Willard E. Hotchkiss (1933–1937) George N. Carman (1896–1936) Dugald C. Jackson, Jr. (1936–1938) Fred A. Rogers (1938–1940) Clarence L. Clarke (1938–1940) Henry Townley Heald (1937–1952) John T. Rettaliata (1952–1973) Maynard P. Venema (1973–1974) Thomas Lyle Martin, Jr. (1974–1987) Meyer Feldberg (1987–1989) Henry R. Linden (1989–1990) Lewis Collens (1990–2007) John L. Anderson (2007–)

Student life	Pi Nu Epsilon Student groups WIIT

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 56430912 LCCN: no2008123601

Persondata
Name	Rettaliata, John T.
Alternative names
Short description	President of Illinois Institute of Technology
Date of birth	August 18, 1911
Place of birth	Baltimore
Date of death	August 8, 2009
Place of death

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