Biography:Irwin G. Priest
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Irwin G. Priest (born 27 January 1886) received his bachelor's degree in 1907 from Ohio University. He went to work for the Bureau of Standards straight from college and after just 6 years was promoted to Chief of Colorimetry Section of the Optics division. He was named the first honorary lifetime member of the American Oil Chemists' Society in 1913 for his work on oil color grading.[1] He was elected president of the Optical Society of America and served from 1928 to 1929.[2]
See also
- Optical Society of America#Past Presidents of the OSA
References
- ↑ http://www.aocs.org/100/content/1910article.pdf[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] Beginnings of the AOCS
- ↑ "Past Presidents of the Optical Society of America". Optical Society of America. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20090120044158/http://osa.org/aboutosa/leadership/pastpresidents/default.aspx.
External links
- Articles Published by early OSA Presidents Journal of the Optical Society of America
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