CULTURETECHLENSLeon Lederman
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Combined Graph record U-01942 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0499. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Illinois Institute of Technology (tier 2, the honoree's institution) reported November 23, 2020 that the Chicago City Council passed the ordinance on October 7, 2020 designating a portion of 33rd Street crossing its campus as "Honorary Leon Lederman Way", with the support of Alderman Pat Dowell — matching the stored year 2020. The Honorary Chicago catalog corroborates the exact segment: 33rd Street from State Street to LaSalle Street, Approved October 2020, Ward 3 (catalog fetched at http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/tag/Army), matching the stored location (fetched in full 2026-10-17).
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Illinois Institute of Technology (tier 2, the honoree's institution) reported November 23, 2020 that the Chicago City Council passed the ordinance on October 7, 2020 designating a portion of 33rd Street crossing its campus as "Honorary Leon Lederman Way", with the support of Alderman Pat Dowell — matching the stored year 2020.
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- https://www.iit.edu/news/city-chicago-recognizes-illinois-tech-nobel-laureate-leon-lederman-honorary-street-designation (verification source · master store)
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Illinois Institute of Technology (tier 2, the honoree's institution) reported November 23, 2020 that the Chicago City Council passed the ordinance on October 7, 2020 designating a portion of 33rd Street crossing its campus as "Honorary Leon Lederman Way", with the support of Alderman Pat Dowell — matching the stored year 2020. The Honorary Chicago catalog corroborates the exact segment: 33rd Street from State Street to LaSalle Street, Approved October 2020, Ward 3 (catalog fetched at http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/tag/Army), matching the stored location (fetched in full 2026-10-17).
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