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Leon M. Lederman Honorary Degrees and Awards

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  1. IIT, Chicago, Il., Doctor of Humane Letters and Science, 17 May 1987.

  2. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA., Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, 15 May 1988.

  3. University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, Doctor of Philosophy of Physics, honoris causa, 1989.

  4. IMSA, Aurora, Il., Citation on the occasion of the dedication of IMSA (founded 1985) to the State of Illinois in honor of Dr. Leon Lederman and Gov. James Thompson, 10 June 1989.

  5. Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Honorary Degree, 3 Nov. 1989.

  6. U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, Appointment as member of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 15 Feb. 1990.

  7. American Chemical Society, Public Affairs Committee Award, 22 Mar. 1991.

  8. Yale University, New Haven, CT., Appointment as a Tetelman Fellow at Jonathan Edwards College, 7 Nov. 1994.

  9. Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Il., the first Enrico Fermi History Maker Award, for distinction in Science, Medicine and Technology, 8 June 1995.