| Irving Lefkowitz | |
| Birth Date: | July 8, 1921 |
| Birth Place: | New York City |
| Death Place: | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Control theory |
| Alma Mater: | Case Western Reserve University |
| Awards: | Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1982) |
Irving Lefkowitz (July 8, 1921 – June 21, 2015) was an American control engineer and Professor Emeritus at the Case Western Reserve University who made significant contributions to process dynamics, advanced control, and computer-based integrated and hierarchical systems control. Lefkowitz was a Life Fellow of the IEEE Control Systems Society, and a recipient of the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1982).[1]
He began his career in the industry working for Seagram, first in Baltimore, and later in Louisville, where he became director of corporate instrumentation and control research.[2]