Leland John Haworth
Leland John Haworth | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Director of the National Science Foundation | |
| In office 1963–1969 | |
| President | John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Alan T. Waterman |
| Succeeded by | William D. McElroy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 11, 1904 Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | March 5, 1979 (aged 74) Port Jefferson, New York, U.S. |
| Spouses | Barbara Mottier
(m. 1927; died 1961)Irene Benik (m. 1963) |
| Alma mater | Indiana University (A.B., A.M.) University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Thesis | Energy distribution of secondary electrons from molybdenum (1931) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Elwood Mendenhall |
Leland John Haworth (July 11, 1904 – March 5, 1979) was an American particle physicist. In his long career he was head of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, and was assistant to the president of Associated Universities, Inc.