Leon Lederman

Leon Max Lederman (July 15, 1922 – October 3, 2018) was an American experimental physicist. He received, along with Martin Lewis Perl, the Wolf Prize in Physics in 1982. He won the prize for their research on quarks and leptons, and the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988. He received the prize along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, for their research on neutrinos.

Leon M. Lederman
Lederman on May 11, 2007
Born	Leon Max Lederman (1922-07-15)July 15, 1922 New York City, New York, U.S.[1]
Died	October 3, 2018(2018-10-03) (aged 96) Rexburg, Idaho, U.S.
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	City College of New York Columbia University
Known for	Seminal contributions to Neutrinos, bottom quark
Spouse(s)	Florence Gordon (3 children) Ellen Carr[2]
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1988) Wolf Prize in Physics (1982) National Medal of Science (1965) Vannevar Bush Award (2012) William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1991)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Columbia University Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Illinois Institute of Technology

Lederman was of Jewish descent.^[3] He was an atheist.^[4][5]

Lederman died on October 3, 2018 at a care-facility in Rexburg, Idaho from complications of dementia at the age of 96.^[6]