Leifer Named Clair M. Donovan Award Recipient
HOUGHTON, MI--Dr. Leslie Leifer, professor of chemistry at Michigan
Tech, has been named the 2001 recipient of the Clair M. Donovan Award.
The award, sponsored by the MTU chapter of Blue Key National Honor Fraternity,
is awarded to a member of the faculty, staff, or student body of MTU who
has contributed the most outstanding service to the University during
the preceding year.
The award is made in honor of Clair M. Donovan, who through his many
years of service as president of Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, as
an alumnus, and as a civil leader, has made immeasurable contributions
to the public image and prosperity of Michigan Tech.
Leifer received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from the City College
of New York in 1950 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University
of Kansas. Prior to coming to Michigan Tech in 1966, Leifer was an associate
professor at Boston College from 1963 to 1966, a research associate at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1961 to 1963, and an assistant
professor of chemistry at Clark University from 1959 to 1960.
Leifer has been active in the Michigan Tech community, serving from 1990
through 1999 on the Michigan Tech University Senate. He chaired the Senate
Fringe Benefits Committee and served on the Senate Finance Committee.
He also served on the Provost Task Force on Continuation of Pre-funding
of Retirement Health Benefits.
Leifer received United States Atomic Energy Commission Travel Grants
in 1962 to Stockholm, Sweden, 1963 to Sydney, Australia and Hobart, Tasmania,
and in 1971 to Stockholm, Sweden. He received the MTU Faculty Research
Award in 1970 and was nominated for the Faculty Distinguished Service
Award in 2000. He was an Invited Guest Participant at the First Australian
Conference on Electrochemistry in Sydney, Australia in February 1963,
as well as Invited Speaker at several International Symposia on various
aspects of Chemical Thermodynamics and Solution Chemistry, such as the
International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in 1984 and
1989.
"In addition to his endless devotion to MTU," said Keith Nackers,
Blue Key president, "Dr. Leslie Leifer's warm heart and friendly
demeanor make him a truly worthy recipient of the prestigious Clair M.
Donovan award."
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