Background
Leal, Leslie Gary was born on March 18, 1943 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Leslie Arthur and Esther Vivian Leal.
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Leslie Gary Leal
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Bachelor of Science, University Washington, 1965. Master of Science, Stanford University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1969.
Career
Assistant professor chemical engineering, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1970-1975;
associate professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1975-1978;
professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1978-1989;
Chevron Distinguished professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1986-1989;
professor, department chairman chemical engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1989. Consultant Firestone Research, Akron, Ohio, 1981-1988, Dynamics Technology, Torrance, California, 1982-1990, Richards of Rockford, Illinois, 1975-1979, Dowell-Schlumbargar, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1985-1988, U. Oklahoma Fracturing Fluid Characterization Facility Project, since 1991. Active United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, since 1991, chairman 1994-1996.
Visiting professor U. Cambridge, 1996. Member external affairs DFD, since 1992, Executive Committee, since 1995. Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Physical Society. Member National Academy of Engineering (member membership policy committee 1994-1997), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (William H. Walker award 1993, Allan P. Colburn award 1978, technical achievement award Southern California section 1978, chairman national program committee in fluid mechanics 1984-1989), National Research Council (member space studies board committee on microgravity research since 1993), Society Rheology, American Society for Engineering Education, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Sigma Upsilon.
Connections
Married Mary Ann Seelye, June 11, 1965. Children: Heather Noel, Kameron Brie, Farrah Aimee.
