Leon Pape

Leon Pape (February 8, 1925 – January 2, 1984) was a medical physicist who received his BSc, MSc (1953) and PhD (1965) in Physics from the University of Southern California. He became certified in radiological physics by the American Board of Radiology and from 1955 to 1962 he worked as a radiological physicist at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. He served at the California State University Los Angeles 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 Cal State Los Angeles, and advocated with the California legislature to secure adequate funding for the 4-MeV Van de Graaf Laboratory, unique to CSU system. 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.

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

 * Pape, Leon; Baker, S.; Gildenhorn, Hyman L. A Technic for Cross-Calibration of X-Ray Units Utilizing Half-Value-Layer Determinations
 * Jacobs, Melville L.; Pape, Leon Dosimetry for a Total-Body Irradiation Chamber
 * Springer, Elliott B.; Pape, Leon; Elsner, Fred; Jacobs, Melville L. High-Energy Radiography (Cobalt 60 and Cesium 137) for Tumor Localization and Treatment Planning

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." 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, Richard P. 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.
 * 1984 : "Radioactivity in the Service of Humanity"
 * 1985 : "Science Is With People: A Tribute to Leon Pape"
 * 1986 : "The Dilemma of Nuclear Weapons"
 * 1987 : "How Old is the Observable Universe?"
 * 1988 : "The Nature of Metals and Alloys"
 * 1989 : "The Life of the Stars"
 * 1990 : "A Brief History of the First 15 Billion Years"
 * 1991 : "Visual Awareness"
 * 1992 : "Simplicity and Complexity"
 * 1993 : "The Challenge of Drug Discovery"
 * 1994 : "Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy"
 * 1995 : "Nuclear Weapons: Where Do We Go From Here?"
 * 1996 : "In Search of the Fundamental Building Blocks of Nature"
 * 1997 : "Two Atmospheric Problems: Ozone Depletion and Global Warming"
 * 1998 : "Superfluidity in Helium Three: The Discovery Through the Eyes of a Graduate Student"
 * 1999 : "Holding onto Atoms and Molecules with Laser Light"
 * 2000 : "Electronic Structure of Matter: Wave Functions and Density Functionals"
 * 2001 : "Viruses: The Essence of Life, but Sneaky Critters"
 * 2002 : "Freezing Time"
 * 2003 : "Light at Bicycle Speed ...and Slower Yet!"
 * 2004 : "Can Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Be Stopped?"
 * 2005 : "What Can We Do With A Quantum Liquid?"
 * 2006 : "The Future of Physics"
 * 2007 : "Small Wonders: The World of Nanoscience"
 * 2008 : "Why are we so excited about carbon nanostructures?"
 * 2009 : "Unveiling a black hole at the center of our galaxy"
 * 2010 : "How Science Changed California and The West"