<sod>Lederman was born in New York City, New York, the son of Minna (née Rosenberg) and Morris Lederman, a laundryman.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UXUbesKLjBoC&pg=PA229&dq=Minna+Rosenberg+Morris+Lederman&redir_esc=y Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience - Lillian Hoddeson, Adrienne W. Kolb, Catherine Westfall - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Lederman graduated from the [[James Monroe High School (New York)|James Monroe High School]] in the [[South Bronx]]. He received his [[bachelor's degree]] from the [[City College of New York]] in 1943, and received a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from [[Columbia University]] in 1951.  He then joined the Columbia faculty and eventually became [[Eugene Higgins]] Professor of Physics. In 1960, on leave from Columbia, he spent some time at [[CERN]] in Geneva as a [[Ford Foundation]] Fellow.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Charpak|first=G.|last2=Lederman|first2=L.M.|last3=Sens|first3=J.C.|last4=Zichichi|first4=A.|date=1960-08-01|title=A method for trapping muons in magnetic fields, and its application to a redetermination of the EDM of the muon|url=http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02860257|journal=Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)|language=English|volume=17|issue=3|pages=288–303|doi=10.1007/BF02860257}}</ref> He took an extended leave of absence from Columbia in 1979 to become director of Fermilab. Resigning from Columbia (and retiring from Fermilab) in 1989 to teach briefly at the [[University of Chicago]], he then moved to the [[IIT Physics Department|physics department]] of the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]], where he currently serves as the Pritzker Professor of Science. In 1991, Lederman became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<eod>
<sod>Lederman was born in New York City, New York, the son of Minna (née Rosenberg) and Morris Lederman, a laundryman.<ref name="HoddesonKolb2009">{{cite book|author1=Lillian Hoddeson|author2=Adrienne W. Kolb|author3=Catherine Westfall|title=Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UXUbesKLjBoC&pg=PA229|date=1 August 2009|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-34625-0|pages=229}}</ref> Lederman graduated from the [[James Monroe High School (New York)|James Monroe High School]] in the [[South Bronx]]. He received his [[bachelor's degree]] from the [[City College of New York]] in 1943, and received a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from [[Columbia University]] in 1951.  He then joined the Columbia faculty and eventually became [[Eugene Higgins]] Professor of Physics. In 1960, on leave from Columbia, he spent some time at [[CERN]] in Geneva as a [[Ford Foundation]] Fellow.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Charpak|first=G.|last2=Lederman|first2=L.M.|last3=Sens|first3=J.C.|last4=Zichichi|first4=A.|date=1960-08-01|title=A method for trapping muons in magnetic fields, and its application to a redetermination of the EDM of the muon|url=http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02860257|journal=Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)|language=English|volume=17|issue=3|pages=288–303|doi=10.1007/BF02860257}}</ref> He took an extended leave of absence from Columbia in 1979 to become director of Fermilab. Resigning from Columbia (and retiring from Fermilab) in 1989 to teach briefly at the [[University of Chicago]], he then moved to the [[IIT Physics Department|physics department]] of the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]], where he currently serves as the Pritzker Professor of Science. In 1991, Lederman became President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<eod>