Biography:Bruce H. Billings
Bruce H. Billings | |
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| Born | July 6, 1915 |
| Died | October 21, 1992 (aged 77) Long Beach, California |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Johns Hopkins University |
| Awards | American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1952) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
Bruce Hadley Billings (July 6, 1915 – October 21, 1992[1]) was an American physicist. He was president of the Optical Society of America in 1971.[2] and the Polaroid Corporation's chief physicist between 1941 and 1947.[3]
Billings was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy. He received his bachelor's degree in 1936 and his master's degree in 1937, both from Harvard University.[4] Billings obtained his Ph.D. in 1941 from Johns Hopkins University.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1952.[5]
In the 1950s and 1960s Billings was senior vice president for research at Baird-Atomic, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he contributed to the development of analytical instrumentation for emission spectroscopy, dual-beam, recording infra-red absorption spectrometry, flame photometry, and investigated the potential of circular dichroism as the basis for instrumentation, a technology that Baird-Atomic, Inc. never commercialized.
Billings died in Long Beach, California, aged 77 from pancreatic cancer.[4]
References
- ↑ "Bruce H. Billings". Social Security Death Index. New England Historic Genealogical Society. http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=77951165. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Past Presidents of the Optical Society of America". http://www.osa.org/About_Osa/Leadership_and_Volunteers/Officers/Past_Presidents.aspx. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Local Section News: Personalia: Dr. Bruce H. Billings". Journal of the Optical Society of America 46: 306. 1956. doi:10.1364/JOSA.46.000306. http://www.opticsinfobase.org/DirectPDFAccess/9CD5A2C8-BDB9-137E-C1F5AF33221105CA_51308.pdf?da=1&id=51308&seq=0&CFID=26944874&CFTOKEN=94979796.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bruce Billings, optics pioneer, Polaroid's chief physicist; at 77". The Boston Globe. 1992-10-31. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8765374.html. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ↑ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
See also
- Optical Society of America#Past Presidents of the OSA
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