Leaf Turner

Background

Turner, Leaf was born on March 23, 1943 in Brooklyn. Son of Max and Florence Estelle (Tanenbaum) Turner.

Education

AB, Cornell Univercity, 1963; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1969.

Career

Institute postdoctoral fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1969; symposium fellow, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1969; postdoctoral fellow department of physics, U. Toronto, Ontario., Canada, 1969-1971; assistant scientist space science and engineering center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971-1972; project associate department physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1972-1974; visiting professor physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1984; technical staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1974. Associate editor Physics of Fluids, 1985-1987. Member of advisory committee Institute for Fusion Studies, Austin, Texas, 1982-1985.

Achievements

• Leaf Turner has been listed as a noteworthy Physics researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Physics instructor Los Alamos High School, 1985-1991. Member American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers (coach/senior coach United States Physics Team since 1997), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Ruby Ann Sherman, September 11, 1966. Children: Alyssa Wendy, Lara Dawn, Ari Mark, Rima Jacqueline.

Father:

Max Turner

Mother:

Florence Estelle (Tanenbaum) Turner

Spouse:

Ruby Ann Sherman

child:

Rima Jacqueline Turner

child:

Ari Mark Turner

child:

Lara Dawn Turner

child:

Alyssa Wendy Turner