Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1930, Jan. 30 | Born, Jersey City, N.J. |
| 1951 | Graduated, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1952 | Married Frances Commins |
| 1957 | Ph.D. in physics, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1959-1962 | Member, technical staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J. |
| 1960 | Invented with Ali Jarvan the first gas (helium-neon) laser |
| 1962-1964 | Associate professor of physics and applied science, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1964-1972 | Professor of physics and applied science, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1965 | Received the Morris N. Liebman Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| 1976 | Published Introduction to Computer Applications for Non-Science Studentsand Scientific and Engineering Problem-Solving with the Computer.Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall |
| 1977 | Published Physics of Gas Lasers. New York: Gordon and Breach |
| 1979 | Published Atomic Gas Laser Transition Data: A Critical Evaluation. New York: Plenum |
| 1981-1987 | Master, Silliman College, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 2000 | Awarded Devane Medal for distinguished scholarship and teaching at Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; retired from the university |
| 2008, June 29 | Died, Haverford, Pa. |