An Executive Office for OSA

John N. Howard

The Optical Society of America, founded in 1916, boasts an exciting history intertwined with many of the key scientific advances of the 21st century. John N. Howard, from 1960 until 1987 the editor of Applied Op- tics, has agreed to highlight some key moments in OSA history in a new OPN column.

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