Background
Fisher, Leon Harold was born on July 11, 1918 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Jacob and Rachel (Haimowitz) Fisher. came to the United States, 1920, naturalized, 1925.
Fisher, Leon Harold was born on July 11, 1918 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Jacob and Rachel (Haimowitz) Fisher. came to the United States, 1920, naturalized, 1925.
Bachelor of Science, University of California-Berkeley, 1938; Master of Science, University of California-Berkeley, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley, 1943.
Instructor physics, University of California-Berkeley, 1943;
visiting physics professor, University of California-Berkeley, summers 1949, 51, 55, 83;
instructor physics, U. New Mexico, 1944;
physicist, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1944-1946;
assistant professor physics, New York University, 1946-1950;
associate professor, New York University, 1950-1957;
professor physics, New York University, 1957-1961;
manager plasma physics, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, 1961-1962;
senior member electronic science laboratory, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, 1963-1967, 69-70;
assistant manager laboratory, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, 1967-1969;
head plasma physics, General Telephone Electric laboratories, 1962-1963;
professor electrical engineering, head department information engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1971;
professor physics, California State University, Hayward, 1971-1983;
professor physics emeritus, California State University, Hayward, since 1983;
dean School Science, California State University, Hayward, 1971-1979;
senior liaison scientist, Office Naval Research, Tokyo, 1979-1982. Visiting professor physics University of Southern California, summer, 1948, U. Washington, summers 1979, 84, San Jose State University, spring 1985, spring 1986, fall 1987, Stanford University, summer and fall 1985, fall 1986, spring 1987, fall 1987. Cons Edgerton, Germeshausen & Greer, 1954-1955, Radiation Research, 1957-1958, Harry Diamond laboratories, Washington, 1958-1961, Xerox Corporation, Rochester, New York, 1958-1961, General Applied Science Laboratory, New York City, 1960.
Army Research Office, Durham, North Carolina, 1958-1964, Re-Entry Physics Panel, NAS, 1965-1966, Monsanto Enviro-Chemical Systems, Inc., 1971. Chairman Gaseous Electronics Conference, 1948,67, 68.
Fellow American Physical Society, member American Association Physics Teachers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Married Phyllis Kahn, December 21, 1941. Children: Robert Alan, Lawrence Edgar, Carol Lee (Mistress Lawrence P. Slotnick), David Bruce.