 Jakob Ackeret was born in 1898 in Switzerland.He received his Diploma degree in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich in 1920 under the supervision of Aurel Stodola.From 1921 to 1927 he worked with Ludwig Prandtl at the "Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt" in Göttingen, witnessing a legendary period in the development of modern fluid dynamics.