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Leon M. Lederman
Director Emeritus
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois
Area(s) of expertise: Physics, education
Language(s) spoken: English
Contact Information:
630-907-5911
lederman@fnal.gov
More Information: www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1988/lederman-autobio.html
PIO Contact: Earl Lane
202-326-6431
elane@aaas.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Leon M. Lederman, internationally renowned high-energy physicist, is Director Emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, and holds an appointment as Pritzker Professor of Science at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Dr. Lederman served as chairman of the State of Illinois Governor's Science Advisory Committee. He is a founder and the inaugural Resident Scholar at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a 3-year residential public high school for the gifted. Dr. Lederman was the director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory from 1979 to 1989. He is a founder and chairman of the Teachers Academy for Mathematics and Science, active in the professional development of primary school teachers in Chicago.
He has served as president and chairman of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest scientific organization in the U.S. He is a member of the National Academy of Science, and has received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science (1965), the Elliot Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute (1976), the Wolf Prize in Physics (1982), the Nobel Prize in Physics (1988), and the Enrico Fermi Prize given by President Clinton in 1993. Lederman served as a founding member of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel of the United States Department of Energy and the International Committee for Future Accelerators, as well as a Commissioner for the White House Fellows.
Lederman currently serves on over a dozen boards, including the Board of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, the Council of American Science Writers, the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and the University Research Association Board. Dr. Lederman has received honorary degrees and memberships in over 60 institutions, including those in England, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Italy, Israel, Finland, Russia, India and China.
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