David Lee (physicist)

David M. Lee (born January 20, 1931) is a physicist whose work on low-temperature helium won him the Nobel Prize in 1996.

Personal Life

Lee was raised in Rye, New York. His parents were children of Jewish immigrants from England and Lithuania. He graduated from Harvard University in 1952 and than joined the U.S. Army. After his army stint, he entered the University of Connecticut where he obtained a Master of Science degree. He entered the Ph.D. program at Yale University in 1955 where he worked under Henry A. Fairbank. After graduating from Yale, he became a professor at Cornell University.

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Rye - New York - Jewish - England - Lithuania - Harvard University - 1952 - U.S. Army - University of Connecticut - Yale University - 1955 - Henry A. Fairbank - Cornell University

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