Background
Simmons, Leonard Micajah was born on November 23, 1937 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Leonard Micajah Senior and Annie Vivian (Kornegay) Simmons.
Simmons, Leonard Micajah was born on November 23, 1937 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Leonard Micajah Senior and Annie Vivian (Kornegay) Simmons.
Bachelor, Rice U., 1959; Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1965.
Research associate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1965-1967;
research associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1967-1969;
assistant professor physics, University Texas, Austin, 1969-1971;
member of staff, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1973;
assistant division leader, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1974-1976, 83-86;
associate division leader, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1977-1981, 86-88;
deputy associate director physics and mathematics, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1981-1983;
program manager, National Undergraduate Science Facility Proposal, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1981-1986. Visiting assistant professor of University N.H., Durham, 1971-1973. Visiting professor Washington University, St. Louis, 1980-1981, U. Arizona, 1987-1988.
President Aspen (Colorado) Center for Physics, 1985-1988, trustee, assistant treasurer, 1976-1979, treasurer, 1979-1982. Vice president Santa Fe Institute, 1986-1987, vice president academic affairs, 1987-1988, executive vice president, since 1988, editor Bulletin, since 1986, chairman editorial board, since 1987. Co-founder Los Alamos National Laboratory Center for Nonlinear Studies.
Past chairman, member J.R. Oppenheimer Memorial Committee, Los Alamos, 1976-1990. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, International Association Mathematics Physics.
Married Margaret Lynn Woodham, June 4, 1959. Children: Leonard M. III, Kelly Lynn, David Geoffrey.