Michael Max Munk

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Born in Germany about 1890, M. Max Munk earned doctorates in both physics and mathematics from the University of Göttingen in 1917. After World War I, NACA (NASA) brought Munk to the United States. President Woodrow Wilson signed orders allowing Munk to come to the United States and work in government. The orders were required since Germany was a recent enemy and Munk had worked briefly for the German Navy. Munk began work at NACA in 1920 and proposed building the new Variable-Density Wind Tunnel (VDT). The VDT went into operation in 1922. Munk published more than 40 articles with NACA.

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• http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4305/ch3.htm
• Expanding the envelope: Flight Research at NACA and NASA, Michael H. Gorn, ISBN 0-8181-2205-8