Citizenship USA Fields PhysicsOptics | Name John Howard | |
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Born John Nelson HowardFebruary 27, 1921Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ( 1921-02-27 ) 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. 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).
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