Talk:Leon M. Lederman

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I have removed this statement: "He gave the keynote speech at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science's 2004 graduation." No doubt the statement is true but, barring some truly extraordinary circumstances, a high school graduation speech is too minor an event to be mentioned in an encyclopedia article.

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I propose that the text about directing any specific scientist while at Fermilab be removed (e. g., Daniel Kaplan). During Dr. Lederman's tenure, many prominent physicists were at Fermilab and singling any out is not appropriate. Bryan MacKinnon (talk) 23:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC)