Leland Haworth
- Born: July 11, 1904 (Flint, Michigan)
- Died: March 5, 1979
Education
- 1925: AB, Indiana University
- 1926: AM, Indiana University
- 1931: PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Major Positions
- 1926–1928: High school teacher
- 1930–1937: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Instructor in Physics
- 1937–1938: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lalor Fellow in Physical Chemistry
- 1938–1940: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1940–1944: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1944–1947: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Professor of Physics
- 1947–1948: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Assistant Director
- 1948–1961: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Director
- 1960–1961: Associated Universities, Inc., President
- 1961–1963: United States Atomic Energy Commission, Commissioner
- 1963–1969: National Science Foundation, Director
- 1969–1975: Associated Universities, Inc., Special Assistant to the President
- 1969–1975: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Consultant to the Director
Other Positions
- 1941–1942: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher
- 1942–1944: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Group Leader
- 1943–1946: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Division Head
- 1943–1946: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Member, Steering Committee
- 1957–1958: American Nuclear Society, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1951–1960: Vice-President, Associated Univesities, Inc.
- 1952–1961: Member, Inter-Agency Advisory Panel on High Energy Accelerators
- 1954–1961: Chair, Inter-Agency Advisory Panel on High Energy Accelerators
- 1955–1960: Director, American Nuclear Society
- 1963–1969: Member, National Science Board
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, DC
Published Resources
Maurice Goldhaber and Gerald F. Tape, "Leland John Haworth: 1904-1979", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
