Leon Pape

Leon Pape
Born (1925-02-08)February 8, 1925
Died January 2, 1984(1984-01-02) (aged 58)
Nationality American
Fields Medicine, Physics
Institutions California State University, Los Angeles, August Krogh Institute, Copenhagen
Alma mater University of Southern California
Known for 4-MeV Van de Graaf Laboratory at CSU, Leon Pape Memorial Lecture Series
Notable awards Outstanding Professor Award, California State University, Los Angeles

Leon Pape (8 February 1925 – 2 January 1984) was a medical physicist who received his BSc, MSc (1953) and PhD (1965) in Physics from the University of Southern California.[1][2][3] He became certified in radiological physics by the American Board of Radiology and from 1955-1962 he worked as a radiological physicist at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. He served at the University of Southern California as Radiation Safety Officer and as Professor of Physics until 1971, and worked on the development of studies in biophysics, radiological health physics, and electron microscopy. He was elevated to Departmental Head of Physics at USC, and advocated with the California legislature to secure adequate funding for the 4-MeV Van de Graaf Laboratory, unique to USC. From 1971 until his death he worked at the August Krogh Institute at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in the Zoophysiological Laboratory. His central research area was membrane biophysics.[4]

Select Published Works

Thesis

Pape, L. (1953). Report on investigation of asymmetrical resonance pressure broadening of the helium lambda5875 line.

Dissertation

Pape, L. (1965). Investigation of Some Structurally Related Characteristics of the Urinary Glycoprotein of Tamm and Horsfall (Doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California).

Articles

Leon Pape Memorial Lecture Series

The Leon Pape Memorial Lecture Series was inaugurated by CSU after his "untimely death in January 1984 prompted the establishment of this lecture series in his memory, encompassing his many interests."[8] The award of this Lectureship is highly prestigious, with many Nobel Laureates and prominent academics having delivered it since its inception.

Rosalyn S. Yalow, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1977. Senior Medical Investigator, Veterans Administration Medical Center, New York

Paul Saltman, Professor of Biology, University of California, San Diego

Marvin L. Goldberger, President and Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology

William A. Fowler, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1983, Institute Professor of Physics, Emeritus, California Institute of Technology

Linus Pauling, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1954, Nobel Laureate in Peace, 1962, Research Professor, Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine

Hans A. Bethe, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1967, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Cornell University

Leon M. Lederman, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1988, Director Emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Professor of Physics, University of Chicago

Francis H.C. Crick, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1962, J.W. Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Murray Gell-Mann, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1969, Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology

Gertrude B. Elion, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1988, Scientist Emeritus, Burroughs Wellcome Company

Kip S. Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology

Sidney D. Drell, MacArthur Fellow, 1984-1989, Professor and Deputy Director Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Samuel C.C. Ting, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1976, Thomas Dudley Cabot Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

F. Sherwood Rowland, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1995, Donald Bren Research Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine

Douglas D. Osherfoff, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1996, MacArthur Fellow, 1981-1986, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University

Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1997, Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University

Walter Kohn, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1998, Professor of Physics, Emeritus, and Research Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

David Baltimore, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1975, National Medal of Science Recipient, 1999, President, California Institute of Technology

Ahmed H. Zewail, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1999, Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology

Lene Vestergaard Hau, MacArthur Fellow, 2001-2006, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics, Lyman Laboratory, Harvard University

Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, Ph.D., Professor and Director Emeritus, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University

Anthony J. Leggett, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2003, MacArthur Fellow, Professor and Advanced Studies Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

David J. Gross, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2004, Director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Frederick W. Gluck Professor of Theoretical Physics

Horst L. Stormer, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1998, Isidor Isaac Rabi Professor of Physics, Columbia University, New York, Adjunct Physics Vice President, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hills, NJ

Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Ph.D., Institute Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; President of the American Physical Society (1984) and President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1997)

Andrea M. Ghez, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA; MacArthur Fellow (2008); Sackler Prize(2004); National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected)

Kevin Owen Starr, PhD, Professor of History at USC and California’s State Librarian Emeritus.

References

  1. ↑ Alumni: P
  2. ↑ Pape, L. (1953). Report on investigation of asymmetrical resonance pressure broadening of the helium lambda5875 line. ProQuest Dissertations And Theses; Thesis (M.S.)--University of Southern California, 1953.; Publication Number: AAT EP63371; Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 54-01.; 45 p.
  3. ↑ Pape, L. (1965). Investigation of Some Structurally Related Characteristics of the Urinary Glycoprotein of Tamm and Horsfall (Doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California).
  4. ↑ Cohen, H. L., Morinigo, F. B., & Stahl, F. A. (November 1984). Leon Pape. Physics Today, 37(11): 120-120.
  5. ↑ A Technic for Cross-Calibration of X-Ray Units Utilizing Half-Value-Layer Determinations
  6. ↑ Dosimetry for a Total-Body Irradiation Chamber
  7. ↑ High-Energy Radiography (Cobalt 60 and Cesium 137) for Tumor Localization and Treatment Planning
  8. ↑ The Leon Pape Memorial Lectures
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