What is Walter Kistler?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Walter P. Kistler |image = Walter Kistler.jpg |image_size = 140px |caption = |birth_date = 1918 |birth_place = [[Biel/Bienne|Biel]], [[Switzerland]] |death_date = November 5, 2015 |death_place = |citizenship = |nationality = Swiss/USA |ethnicity = |fields = [[Physicist]] |workplaces = [[Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works]], [[Bell Aircraft]] |alma_mater = [[University of Geneva]], [[ETH Zurich]] |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = Multiple inventions, [[Kistler Group]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = Albert F. Sperry Award (issued by the [[Instrument Society of America|ISA]]) <br> Aerospace Pioneer Award from the [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|AIAA]]) |religion = |signature = |footnotes = }} '''Walter P. Kistler''' (1918 &ndash; November 5, 2015) was a [[Swiss]]-[[Americans|American]] physicist, inventor, and philanthropist. He was born in [[Biel/Bienne|Biel]], [[Switzerland]]. Kistler is a life member of the Swiss Physical Society and a member of [[AIAA]] and ISA, which presented him the Life Achievement Award in 2000. He held patents on more than 50 inventions in the scientific and industrial instrumentation fields, and has published a number of papers published in scientific and trade journals. ==Other websites== *[http://www.futurefoundation.org/ Foundation For the Future] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104024020/http://www.futurefoundation.org/ |date=2007-01-04 }} ' {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kistler, Walter}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Swiss physicists]] [[Category:Swiss philanthropists]] [[Category:Swiss businesspeople]] [[Category:American physicists