The Optical Society of America
Officers of the Society
- A. G. Worthing, President
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - A. H. Pfund, Vice President
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland - Arthur C. Hardy, Secretary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts - W. W. Graeper, Treasurer
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Rochester, New York
The Board of Directors consists of the above officers; the Editor of the Journal; the Past President; and five directors-at-large.
- K. S. Gibson, Past President
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C. - George R. Harrison, Editor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Directors-at-Large
- J. W. Beams
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia - D. B. Judd
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C. - Rudolf Kingslake
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester, New York - D. L. MacAdam
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester, New York - R. A. Sawyer
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Rochester, New York, Section
- J. H. Webb, President
- G. H. Aklin, Vice President
- A. F. Turner, Secretary
- F. H. Perrin, Treasurer
Councillors:
- F. E. Altman
- J. W. Forrest
- F. M. E. Holmes
- V. L. Parks
- R. B. Horsfall (ex officio)
Patrons
- American Optical Company
- Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Eastman Kodak Company
Corporation Members
- American Cystoscope Makers, Inc., New York, New York
- American Optical Company, Southbridge, Massachusetts
- Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, New York
- Bell & Howell Company, Chicago, Illinois
- Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York, New York
- Bendix Aviation Corporation, New York, New York
- Century Lighting, Inc., New York, New York
- Corning Glass Works, Corning, New York
- E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Chemical Department, Experimental Station, Wilmington, Delaware
- Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York
- Fairchild Aviation Corporation, Jamaica, New York
- Fish-Schurman Corporation, New York, New York
- Gaertner Scientific Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
- W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, New York
- Interchemical Corporation, New York, New York
- Keuffel & Esser Company, Hoboken, New Jersey
- National Carbom Company, Cleveland, Ohio
- Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Glenbrook, Connecticut
- Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Portman Machine Tool Company, New Rochelle, New York
- Simpson Optical Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- Spencer Lens Company, Buffalo, New York
- Arthur H. Thomas Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Zenith Optical Company, Huntington, West Virginia
The Optical Society of America was organized in 1916 "to increase and diffuse the knowledge of optics in all its branches, pure and applied, to promote the mutual interests of investigators of optical problems, of designers, manufacturers and users of optical instruments and apparatus of all kinds and to encourage cooperation among them." It aims to serve the interests of all who are engaged in any branch of optics from fundamental research to the manufacture of optical goods.
Membership
Regular Members: "Any person who has contributed materially to the advancement of optics is eligible for regular membership."
Associate Members: "Any person who is interested in optics is eligible for associate membership."
Corporate Members: "Any corporation desirous of encouraging the work of the Society is eligible for corporation membership."
Patrons: The payment, within any one year, of $1000 or more toward the expenses of the Society by any corporation or individual entitles such corporation or individual to the rank of patron.
The Society cordially invites to membership all who are interested in any branch of optics, either in research, in instruction, in optical or illuminating engineering, in the manufacture and distribution of optical goods of all kinds or in physiological and medical optics.
Annual Dues
Regular members, $8.50; Associate members, $6.00; Corporate members, $50.00; Patrons, $1000.00. These dues include subscription to the Society's official journal, the Journal of the Optical Society of America.
Changes of Address
All changes of address of members of the Optical Society of America should be communicated to the Secretary, Professor Arthur C. Hardy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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