Leon Lapidus

{{Short description|American chemist and chemical engineer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1924|9|26}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age |1977|5|5 |1924|9|26|mf=y}}

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| nationality = American

| fields = Chemical engineering

| workplaces = Princeton University

| alma_mater = University of Minnesota, Syracuse University

| doctoral_advisor = Neal Amundson

| doctoral_students = Thomas F. Edgar
John H. Seinfeld

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Leon Lapidus (September 26, 1924 – May 5, 1977) was an American chemist and chemical engineer, the chairman of the department of chemical engineering at Princeton University,[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0713FC3A5D167493C5A9178ED85F438785F9&scp=1&sq=%22leon%20lapidus%22&st=cse New York Times:Leon Lapidus, 52, Professor Of Engineering at Princeton;May 7, 1977][http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=578&page=173 National Academy of Engineering:Memorial Tributes, Volume 1 (1979);by Neal R. Amundson]{{Cite web |url=http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/chemical_engineering.html |title=Princeton University:Chemical Engineering:Chemical Engineering was first offered at Princeton in 1922 |access-date=2012-01-26 |archive-date=2018-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727154133/http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/chemical_engineering.html |url-status=dead }} a member of the National Academy of Engineering,

an author of over 100 technical publications.[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/516694.Leon_Lapidus Goodreads:Books by Leon Lapidus]

Lapidus was noted for his work in the application of computer techniques to chemical engineering for which he was honored with William H. Walker Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

His distinctions included the William N. Lacey Lectureship,[http://www.che.caltech.edu/seminars/lacey.html California Institute of Technology;William N. Lacey Lectureship] a membership in the American Chemical Society and in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers,

Professional Progress Award in Chemical Engineering of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.