David Lee (physicist)

David Morris Lee
David Morris Lee in 2007
Born	(1931-01-20) January 20, 1931 (age 93) Rye, New York
Education	Yale University University of Connecticut Harvard University
Spouse	Dana (2 children)
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1996) Oliver Buckley Prize (1981) Simon Memorial Prize (1976) Buckley Prize (1970)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Cornell University Texas A&M University (2009-present)
Doctoral advisor	Henry A. Fairbank

David Morris Lee (born January 20, 1931) is an American physicist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert C. Richardson and Douglas Osheroff "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3."^[1] Lee is professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University and distinguished professor of physics at Texas A&M University.^{[2] [3]}