The History of OSA
OSA’s Charter Members
A look at the lives of some of OSA’s founding fathers.
A group photo from OSA’s 1921 annual meeting.
In late December 1916, 30 optical scientists met in a classroom at Columbia University and voted to form the Optical Society of America. These “charter members” are listed alphabetically in the first OSA directory, which was published in 1917. Adelbert Ames, Jr., leads the list as member #1. In later years, members were given numbers in sequence of joining. Here are brief biographical sketches for a few charter members.
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