John Howard (optical physicist)
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| John Howard | |
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| Born | John Nelson Howard February 27, 1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Newton, Massachusetts |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Fields | Physics Optics |
| Institutions | Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
| Known for | Founder of Applied Optics |
John Nelson Howard (February 27, 1921 – April 15, 2015) was president of the Optical Society of America in 1991.[1][2] He was the founding editor of the scientific journal Applied Optics. Howard was also a chief scientist of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory.
He was a Fellow of the Optical Society and received the OSA Distinguished Service Award in 1987.
In his later years he was a contributing editor to Optics and Photonics News (OPN).
References
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- ↑ http://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/obituaries/john_n_howard/
External links
- Articles Published by early OSA Presidents Journal of the Optical Society of America
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