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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External links
- Articles Published by early OSA Presidents Journal of the Optical Society of America
See also
External links
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