Background
Leaf, Boris was born on March 4, 1919 in Yokohama, Japan. Son of Aron L. and Dora (Guralsky) Leaf. came to the United States, 1922, naturalized, 1936.
Leaf, Boris was born on March 4, 1919 in Yokohama, Japan. Son of Aron L. and Dora (Guralsky) Leaf. came to the United States, 1922, naturalized, 1936.
Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, University Washington, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1942.
Research assistant, National Defense Research Committee, University of Illinois, 1942-1943; faculty, University of Illinois, 1943-1944; associate chemist metallurgical laboratory, University of Chicago, 1944-1945; Frank B. Jewett fellow, Yale, 1945-1946; faculty, Kansas State University, 1946-1965; professor, State University of New York, Cortland, 1965-1989; department chairman physics, State University of New York, Cortland, 1965-1982; professor emeritus, State University of New York, Cortland, 1989; professor, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1968-1971; faculty science, Free U. Brussels, 1958-1960; research physicist, United States Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, 1963, 64, 66; visiting professor, Cornell Univercity, 1973-1974. Faculty exchange scholar State University of New York, since 1974, to Moscow, 1981.
Fellow American Physical Society (executive committee New York State section 1971-1973), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association of University Professors (national council 1963-1966, national committee C 1965-1971), New York Academy of Sciences, American Association Physics Teachers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Member Phi Kappa Phi.
Member Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Genevieve Lukman, August 28, 1947. Children: Evelyn Marie, David Alexander, Michael Leon.