Marvin Chodorow (July 16, 1913 – October 17, 2005) was an American physicist who pioneered in uses of Klystron microwave tubes. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} Chodorow was a member of the National Academy of Sciences^[4] and the National Academy of Engineering (elected to NAE in 1967 "for microwave tube research and development").^[3] Chodorow was the founding chairman of the department of applied physics of the Stanford University.^[1]

Chodorow was born in Buffalo, New York. He received BS in Physics in 1934 from the University at Buffalo, and a PhD in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1939, under the supervision of John Clarke Slater.^[2] He was a member of faculty of City College of New York and Pennsylvania State University before joining Stanford University in 1947.^[1] He spent the rest of his career at Stanford, becoming a professor in physics and electrical engineering in 1954, and the executive head of the division of applied physics of Stanford University in 1962.^[1]