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Ledley, Robert Steven was born on June 28, 1928 in New York City.
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Robert Steven Ledley
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Robert Steven Ledley, American biophysicist. Achievements include invention of CT Scanner. Member of National Institutes of Health, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Academy of Sciences (member Institute Medicine), Pattern Recognition Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Biophysics Society, Society Mathematics Biophysics.
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery, New York University, 1948. Master of Arts in Theoretical Physics, Columbia University, 1949.
Career
Research physicist Columbia University Radiation Laboratories, Columbia, 1948—1950. Instructor physics Columbia University, 1949—1950. Visiting scientist National Bureau Standards, 1951—1952.
Physicist, 1953—1954. Operations research analyst Johns Hopkins University, 1954—1956. Associate professor electrical engring George Washington University, 1957—1960.
Instructor pediatrics Johns Hopkins University, School Medicine, 1960—1963. Professor electrical engineering George Washington University, 1968—1970. Professor physiology, biophysics & radiology Georgetown University, since 1970.
President, research director National biomedical Research Foundation, since 1960. President Digital Information Science Corporation, 1970—1975.
Achievements
Membership
Member of National Institutes of Health, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Academy of Sciences (member Institute Medicine), Pattern Recognition Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Biophysics Society, Society Mathematics Biophysics.
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American
Education
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1948
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1949
Awards
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Named to National Inventor Hall of Fame, 1990. Recipient National medal of Technology, United States Department Commerce, 1997, Morris E. Collen, Doctor of Medicine award, American College of Medical Informatics, 1998, Goldhaber award, Harvard School Dental Medicine, 1998, Certified of Appreciation, National Institute Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, 1998, Distinguished Alumni New York University, 1999.Named to National Inventor Hall of Fame, 1990. Recipient National medal of Technology, United States Department Commerce, 1997, Morris E. Collen, Doctor of Medicine award, American College of Medical Informatics, 1998, Goldhaber award, Harvard School Dental Medicine, 1998, Certified of Appreciation, National Institute Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, 1998, Distinguished Alumni New York University, 1999.