bettors, fighters and fixers, set against the often-romanticized backdrop of Depression-era New York City. He has been honored by election to the United States National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Academy of Astronautics, and awarded an honorary doctorate from Brown University. He has received many awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship. He recently served on the Committee on America’s Energy Future of the United States National Research Council. Probstein died on September 19, 2021, at the age of 93. Bibliography of selected works References 1928 births 2021 deaths 21st-century American engineers MIT School of Engineering faculty People from New York City Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering