Background
Schiff, Leonard Isaac was born on March 29, 1915 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Ephraim and Matilda (Brodsky) Schiff.
Schiff, Leonard Isaac was born on March 29, 1915 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Ephraim and Matilda (Brodsky) Schiff.
Bachelor of Engineering, Ohio State University, 1933, Master of Science, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1937.
Research physicist General Electric Company, summer 1937. National Research Council fellow, research associate University of California, California Institute Technology, 1937-1940. Instructor University of Pennsylvania, 1940-1942, assistant professor, 1942-1944, associate professor, 1944-1947, acting chairman physics department, 1942-1945.
Research physicist National Defense Research Committee, Columbia, 1941-1945, University of California, 1944-1945.
Member anti-submarine warfare operation research group, 1943-1945. Staff Los Alamos Science Laboratory, New Mexico, 1945-1946.
Associate professor Stanford, 1947-1948, professor, 1948-1971, executive head physics department, 1948-1966. Director Varian Associates, 1948-1953.
Visiting professor Iowa State College, 1952, U. Paris, 1956-1957, University Madras and Bombay (India), 1963.
Guggenheim fellow, 1956-1957. Visiting committee physics department Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1954-1956, 68-71. Consultant editor McGraw Hill Book Company, 1954-1971.
Director Annual Reviews, Incorporated., 1969-1971.
Stewart lecturer U. Missouri, 1955. Phillips lecturer Haverford, 1963.
Tektronix Foundation lecturer Oregon, 1964. Vice president and director of the Varian Foundation, 1961-1971, member physical science program committee Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1961-1966, chairman, 1965-1966.
Chairman advising committee physics division Office Science Research, Air Research and Development Command United States Air Force, 1955-1965.
Science advisory group Office Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1963-1971. Member consultative group Committee on Space Research, International Council of Scientific Unions, 1968-1971. Consultant ad hoc commission on physical science National Research Council, 1968-1970.
Author: Quantum Mechanics, 3d edition, 1968. Author science research and review articles. Associate editor Review Science Instruments, 1943-1945, Physical Review, 1945-1947, 63-65, Physics Today, 1950-1956, Review of Modern Physics, 1951-1954, Annual Review Nuclear science, 1952-1963, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 1960-1962.
Member International Conference Theoretical Physics, Tokyo, also Kyoto, Japan, 1953. Fellow American Physical Society (councillor 1953-1957, chairman nuclear physics division 1967-1968), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, (member county 1966-1969), California Academy of Science. Member American Association Physics Teachers, Federation American Scientists (council delegate), American Association University Professors, National Academy Sciences (member space science board 1965-1970, chairman of the section physics 1969-1971), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Phi.
Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Frances Margaret Ballard, August 25, 1941. Children: Ellen Margaret, Leonard Ballard.