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Edwin H. Land Medal

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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]
  • 1998 - Paul F. Forman, Sol F. Laufer, and Carl A. Zanoni
  • 1999 - Robert H. Webb
  • 2002 - Benzion Landa
  • 2003 - John J. McCann
  • 2004 - Steven K. Case
  • 2010 - Eliezer Peli
  • 2012 - Yoichi Miyake[4]
  • 2016 - Jan Philip P. Allebach
  • 2019 - Nabeel Agha Riza[6]

References

  1. ^ "OSA Names Award Recipients for 1996". Physics Today. 49 (3). AIP Publishing: 119. 1996. doi:10.1063/1.2807554. ISSN 0031-9228.
  2. ^ "OSA hands out awards, medals". Physics Today. 59 (11). AIP Publishing: 72–73. 2006. doi:10.1063/1.2435655. ISSN 0031-9228.
  3. ^ "OSA names recipients of awards, medals". Physics Today. 60 (7). AIP Publishing: 75–76. 2007. doi:10.1063/1.2761812. ISSN 0031-9228.
  4. ^ "The Optical Society Announces 18 Awards for 2012". Physics Today. AIP Publishing. 2 April 2012. doi:10.1063/pt.4.0408. ISSN 1945-0699.
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  6. ^ "The Optical Society Names 17 Recipients for 2019 OSA Awards".