Ivan Edgar Leigh

Background

Leigh, Ivan Edgar was born on December 17, 1933 in Brooklyn. Son of Sol and Sally (Grover) Lichtenstein.

Education

AB, Columbia College, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of California, Davis, 1960.

Career

Research associate, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1960-1961; assistant professor of chemistry, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., 1961-1966; senior research chemist, Corning (New York) Glass Works, 1966-1975; manager automotive catalyst development, research services, Matthey Bishop/Johnson Matthey, Malvern, Pennsylvania, 1975-1983; assistant professor, U. Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1983-1985; supervisor chemical analysis, Certain Teed Corporation, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, since 1985.

Achievements

• Ivan Edgar Leigh has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Unitarian fellow, Big Flats, New York, 1970. Ward chairperson Chester County (Pennsylvania) Democratic Party, West Whiteland, 1986-1992. Member American Society for Testing and Materials, American Chemical Society (commission on chemical safety 1986-1990, co-chair 5thinternat. symposium on chemically modified surfaces 1993).

Connections

Married Hilde E. Wagner, September 14,1963. Children: Ralph, Laura.

Father:

Sol Lichtenstein

Mother:

Sally (Grover) Lichtenstein

Spouse:

Hilde E. Wagner

child:

Ralph Leigh

child:

Laura Leigh