death_date birth_place citizenship awards fields birth_date residence article_title name
april 16 , 1991 switzerland american richard e. bellman control heritage award -lrb- 1983 -rrb- control theory 1917 united states john v. breakwell
 john valentine breakwell
john v. breakwell

john v. breakwell -lrb- 1917 -- april 16 , 1991 -rrb- was a noted american control theorist and a professor of astronautics at stanford university .
he is remembered for his contributions to the `` science and applications of astrodynamics , for discovery of flight-trajectory optimization , and for outstanding academic service . ''
he was elected to the national academy of engineering in 1981 and a recipient of the richard e. bellman control heritage award in 1983 .
