Background
Azaroff, Leonid Vladimirovitch was born on June 19, 1926 in Moscow. Son of Vladimir Ivanovitch and Maria Yulievna (Odlen) Azaroff. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
Azaroff, Leonid Vladimirovitch was born on June 19, 1926 in Moscow. Son of Vladimir Ivanovitch and Maria Yulievna (Odlen) Azaroff. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Tufts College, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954.
Research physicist, Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 1953-1954;
senior scientist, Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 1954-1957;
associate professor metallurgical engineering, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1957-1961;
professor, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1961-1966;
professor physics, director, Institute Material Science, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1966-1992. Guest physicist Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1961, 62, 64. Visiting professor U. Massachusetts, 1978-1979, 85-86.
Consultant Owens-Illinois, Philips Electronics, Hilger-Watts, Inc. United States delegate International Union Crystallography, teaching commission,1963-1969. Director Connecticut Product Development Corporation, Rogers Corporation, Connecticut Devel.Corp., 1977-1992, Connecticut Innovations Inc., 1990-1992.
President Connecticut Academy Science and Engineering, Hartford, Connecticut, 1976-1982. Translation editor American Institute Physics, New York City, 1958. Board directors Connecticut Product Development Corporation, Hartford.
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With Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Fellow American Physical Society (consultant editor), Mineralogical Society of America. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (director), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), American Society Engineering Education, Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering (president 1976-1982), American Crystallographic Association, American Institute Mining Engineers, American Institute Electronic Engineers, International Union Physics, International Union Crystal Growth, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi (president Medford Massachusetts chapter 1947-1948), Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Carmen Wade, March 9, 1946 (divorced July 1968). Married Beth Sulzer, March 4, 1972. Children: David, Richard, Lenore.