Leon Monte Dorfman

Background

Dorfman, Leon Monte was born on June 9, 1922 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Gabriel and Dora (Gorin) Dorfman. came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1949.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Manitoba, 1944; Master of Arts, University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1947; Postdoctoral fellow, U. Rochester, 1947-1949.

Career

Research associate, General Electric Company, Schenectady, 1950-1957; senior chemist, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1957-1964; professor of chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1964-1985; professor emeritus, Ohio State University, since 1985; chairman chemistry department, Ohio State University, 1968-1977; professor of chemistry, U. Toronto, 1967. Visiting research scientist Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1969, National Research Council Laboratory, Bologna, Italy, 1972. Chairman Gordon Conference on Radiation Chemistry, 1966.

Consultant Westinghouse Research Laboratory, 1974-1975. Spinks lecturer department chemistry U. Saskatchewan, 1981.

Achievements

• Leon Monte Dorfman has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Pulse Radiolysis (Research Monograph)

Membership

Member American Chemical Society (Columbus Section award 1983), American Physical Society, Radiation Research Society.

Connections

Married Lorraine Rose, August, 1948. Children: Gail Anne, Amy Rachel, David Alan.

Father:

Gabriel Dorfman

Mother:

Dora (Gorin) Dorfman

Spouse:

Lorraine Rose

child:

Gail Anne Dorfman

child:

David Alan Dorfman

child:

Amy Rachel Dorfman