Helmut Hölzer

Helmut Hoelzer
Helmut Hölzer
Helmut Hoelzer in Huntsville, Alabama
Born(1912-02-27)February 27, 1912
Bad Liebenstein, Thüringen, German Empire
DiedOctober 12, 1996(1996-10-12) (aged 84)
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Alma materTechnische Hochschule Darmstadt
Known forDesigning an electronic stabilization computer and related test simulator for the V-2 rocket control system.
AwardsPaul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1963)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical Engineering, Applied mathematics
Institutions1933-tbd: teaching

1939: Telefunken (Berlin)
1939-1945: Peenemünde
1940s-1950s: Fort Bliss/WSPG
1950s-1950s: Redstone Arsenal
1950s-1960s: ABMA

1960-1970s: Marshall Space Flight Center (Director, Computation Division)

Helmut Hoelzer was a Nazi Germany V-2 rocket engineer who was brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip. Hoelzer was the inventor and constructor of the world's first electronic analog computer.

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