Background
Leonard Reiffel was born in Chicago on September 30, 1927. His father was Carl Reiffel, a silversmith credited with inventing a slide saxophone.
physicist scientific consultant
Leonard Reiffel was born in Chicago on September 30, 1927. His father was Carl Reiffel, a silversmith credited with inventing a slide saxophone.
The younger Reiffel attended Theodore Roosevelt High School, before earning a bachelor's and master's degrees, and a doctorate, in electrical engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, between 1947 and 1953.
Physicist, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Connecticut, 1948;
engineering physicist, University of Chicago Institute Nuclear Studies, 1948-1949;
with, Illinois Institute Technology Research Institute, Chicago, 1949-1965;
director physics research, Illinois Institute Technology Research Institute, Chicago, 1956-1963;
vice president, Illinois Institute Technology Research Institute, Chicago, 1963-1965;
consultant to Apollo program National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, 1965-1970;
private practice consultant, since 1970;
technical director manned space flight experiments board, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966-1968;
Chairman of the Board, Instructional Dynamics, Inc., 1966-1981;
Chairman of the Board, Interand Corporation, 1969-1991;
Chairman of the Board, Telestrator Industries, Inc., 1970-1973;
science editor, Station WBBM-television-Columbia Broadcasting System radio, Chicago
science consultant/commentator, WBBM-television-television, 1971-1972;
host, Backyard Safari, 1971-1973;
science feature broadcaster, WEEI-Columbia Broadcasting System radio, Boston, 1965-1975;
syndicated newspaper columnist, World Book Encyclopedia Science Service, Inc. (later Universal Science News, Inc.), 1966-1972;
syndicated newspaper columnist, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1972-1976;
science consultant, Columbia Broadcasting System Network, 1967-1971;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Exelar Corporation, Chicago, since 1991;
Chairman of the Board, president, Chief Executive Officer, Ameraine Corporation, Chicago, 1992-1995;
board overseers Armour College, board advisors engineering department, Illinois Institute Technology, since 1995, 98-. Consultant Korean Government on establishment atomic energy research program.
Mem.adv. committee isotope and radiation development Atomic Energy Commission. Committee research reactors NAS,1958-1964. Consultant United States Army, since 1976.
Board of directors Student Competitions on Relevant Engineering. Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago Literary Club, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.
Married Judith Eve Blumenthal, 1952 (divorced 1962). Children— Evan Carl, David Lee. Married Nancy L. Jeffers, 1971.