Edwin H. Land Medal
The Edwin H. Land Medal is jointly presented by The Optical Society and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). The Land Medal was established in 1992 to honor the noted scientist and entrepreneur Edwin H. Land, who is noted for his invention of instant photography, for founding the Polaroid Corporation, and for developing the theory of Retinex, amongst many other accomplishments. It is funded by the Polaroid Foundation, the Polaroid Retirees Association and by individual contributors Manfred Heiting, Theodore Voss and John J. McCann. Recipients have been:
- 1993 - Howard G. Rogers
- 1994 - William E. Humphrey
- 1995 - Ichiro Endo
- 1995 - John Vaught
- 1996 - Donald Ray Scifres[1]
- 1997 - Efi Arazi
- 1998 - Paul F. Forman, Sol F. Laufer, and Carl A. Zanoni
- 1999 - Robert H. Webb
- 2000 - John Warnock
- 2001 - Willard Boyle and George E. Smith
- 2002 - Benzion Landa
- 2003 - John J. McCann
- 2004 - Steven K. Case
- 2005 - Stephen Benton
- 2006 - George H. Heilmeier[2]
- 2007 - Charles Munnerlyn[3]
- 2009 - Duncan T. Moore
- 2010 - Eliezer Peli
- 2011 - Mary Lou Jepsen
- 2012 - Yoichi Miyake[4]
- 2013 - Pablo Artal
- 2014 - Mathias Fink
- 2015 - David Shaver, Joseph Mangano, and Mordechai Rothschild
- 2016 - Jan Philip P. Allebach
- 2017 - Alan Bovik
- 2018 - Ann E. Elsner
- 2019 - Nabeel Agha Riza<ref>"The Optical Society Names 17 Recipients for 2019 OSA Awards".</ref
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