Leonard Susskind
- Born: 1940 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1965: PhD, Cornell University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1965–1966: Cornell University, NSF Fellow
- 1966–1968: Yeshiva University, Assistant Professor of Physics, Belfer Graduate School of Science
- 1968–1970: Yeshiva University, Associate Professor of Physics, Belfer Graduate School of Science
- 1970–1978: Yeshiva University, Professor of Physics, Belfer Graduate School of Science
- 1978–2000: Stanford University, Professor of Physics
- 2000–present: Stanford University, Felix Bloch Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1971–1972: University of Tel Aviv, Professor of Physics
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1998: American Physical Society, J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
- 2000: National Academy of Sciences, Member
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Leonard Susskind, "Quark Containment," in The Rise of the Standard Model: Particle Physics in the 1960s and 1970s, ed. Lillian Hoddeson, Laurie Brown, Michael Riordan, and Max Dresden (New York: Cambridge University Press: 1997), 233-242
