Community of Scholars Profile

Cooper, Leon N.

Information in this profile has been submitted by the individual or is based on Institute records, including the publication A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study 1930-1980.

Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]Math(NS)9/1/19546/30/1955

Home institution while at IAS: Brown University
Position: Professor
Institution: Brown University

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1954Columbia Univ

Honors

DescriptionYear
Nobel Prize in Physics1972
Déscartes Medal Académie de Paris, Université René Déscartes1977
Award of Excellence Graduate Faculties Alumni of Columbia University1974
DSc(hc) Columbia Univ1973
Univ of Sussex1973
Comstock Prize (with JR Shrieffer) NAS1968