Sigmund W. Leifson Physics Building - University of Nevada, Reno - People-Named Places on Waymarking.com

The Place:
Located on the University of Nevada, Reno campus is the Sigmund W. Leifson Physics Building. This building is home to the Department of Physics which is part of the College of Science. This building was erected in 1972 as noted from a datestone located near the west entrance to the building.

The Person:
Named after Sigmund Leifson, who served from 1925-1963. Leifson also helped plan the Desert Research Institute. ~source

I was able to gain very little information on Leifson but found a web page that stated he was born on October 1, 1897. Sigmund died on February 1984 at 86 years of age. I also discovered a scholarship called the Hedvig and Sigmund W. Leifson Scholarship and was established to assist students who show a high promise for contributing to the field of physics. College students must be a physics major, junior or senior standing, a full-time student, and show scholastic excellence.

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