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... JOHN LAUFER 1921-1983 BY HANS W LIEPMANN jOHN LAUFER, Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC)
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... In 1964 he accepted a position as Professor and Chairman of the Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Southern California, posts that he held until his death in 1983. John Lauder served on a number of national and international committees.
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... JOHN LAUFER 161 camp. It was little short of miraculous for a student with few resources to succeed in such a nearly impossible task in war-torn Europe at that time.
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