Milton M. Leven

Milton Maxwell Leven (8 June 1911 — 22 April 1979 ) was an American engineer. He was an engineering and manager of Experimental Mechanics at Westinghouse Research Laboratories and held numerous service roles in the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis (SESA) (now Society for Experimental Mechanics) including as the president of the society from 1956 to 1957. He was born to Jacob Leven and Anna J Leven (born Walters) of Russian descent in Pennsylvania. He went by Milt. He employed three dimensional photoelasticity for the development of nuclear reactor vessels and turbo-machinery components. He was promoted to fellow engineer 1954, advisory engineer in 1966 and to manager of experimental mechanics in 1967 until his retirement in 1977. He gave the SESA William M. Murray Lecture in 1972 . He was named the sixth honorary member of the society in 1969, a position held until his death in 1979.

Society for Experimental Mechanics Tatnall Award (1972)

Society for Experimental Mechanics Fellow (1975)

Society for Experimental Mechanics Lazan Award (1979)