Leonid Anthony Turkevich

Background

Turkevich, Leonid Anthony was born on March 26, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Anthony Leonid and Ireene (Podlesak) Turkevich.

Education

AB, Dartmouth College, 1971; Master of Arts, Cambridge U., 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1979.

Career

Adjunct assistant professor, assistant research physicist Department Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1978-1981; research physicist Corporation Research Science laboratories,, Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Clinton, New Jersey, 1981-1983; visiting research fellow, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1983-1984; project leader Corporation Research, Standard Oil Corporation, Cleveland, 1984-1986; research scientist, BP Research, Cleveland, since 1986. Trustee study committee Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1968-1971. Adjunct assistant professor Department Physics, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1984-1989, adjunct associate professor since 1989.

Achievements

• Leonid Anthony Turkevich has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: history, theology, violin, tennis.

Connections

Married Margaret Stevens Hamilton, August 24, 1974. Children: Elizabeth Hamilton, Paul Anthony Stevens, Julia Campbell.

Father:

Anthony Leonid Turkevich

Mother:

Ireene (Podlesak) Turkevich

Spouse:

Margaret Stevens Hamilton

child:

Julia Campbell Turkevich

child:

Paul Anthony Stevens Turkevich

child:

Elizabeth Hamilton Turkevich