| Leo P. Kadanoff AKA Leo Philip Kadanoff Born: 14-Jan-1937
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 26-Oct-2015
Location of death: Chicago, IL
Cause of death: Respiratory failure
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Second-order phase transitions Wife: Diane Gordon (div.)
Wife: Ruth Ditzian (until his death)
Daughter: Betsy Kadanoff
Daughter: Felice Kadanoff
Daughter: Marcia Kadanoff
University: BS, Harvard University
University: MS, Harvard University
University: PhD, Harvard University
Professor: University of Illinois (1962-69)
Professor: Brown University (1959-78)
Professor: University of Chicago (1978-)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1982
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Philosophical Society
National Academy of Sciences
American Physical Society President (2007)
National Medal of Science 1999
Author of books:
Quantum Statistical Mechanics: Green's Function Methods in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Problems (1962, science)
From Order to Chaos: Essays, Critical, Chaotic and Otherwise (1993, science)
Statistical Physics: Statics, Dynamics and Renormalization (2000, science)
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