Honors & Awards

Major Awards

• Nobel Foundation
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel Prize in Physics
  Roy J. Glauber, Nobel Prize in Physics
  Willis E. Lamb Jr., Nobel Prize in Physics
• United States of America
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, National Medal of Science
  Willis E. Lamb Jr., National Medal of Science
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  Arthur Francis Turner, Technical Oscar
• American Astronomical Society
  Aden B. Meinel, Warner Prize
• American Institute of Steel Construction
  Ralph M. Richard, T.R. Higgins Award
• American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery 
  Judith Su, 2019 Dr. Horace Furumoto Innovations Professional Young Investigator Award 
• American Physical Society
  Peter A. Franken, American Physical Prize
  Marlan O. Scully, Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science
• American Society of Photogrammetry
  Philip N. Slater, Alan Gordon Memorial Award
• American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  Philip N. Slater, Presidential Citation for Meritorious Service
• American Society of Precision Engineering
  Robert E. Parks, Lifetime Achievement Award
  Robert E. Parks, Distinguished Service Award
• Department of the Army
  Eustace L. Dereniak, Commander’s Award for Public Service
  Bernhard O. Seraphin, Meritorious Civilian Service Award
• Department of the Interior and National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Philip N. Slater, William T. Pecora Award
• Franklin Institute
  Hyatt M. Gibbs, Michelson Medal
• Humboldt Foundation
  Harrison H. Barrett, Senior Distinguished U.S. Scientist Award
  Charles M. Falco, Senior Distinguished U.S. Scientist Award
  Hyatt M. Gibbs, Senior Distinguished U.S. Scientist Award
  Marvin D. Girardeau, Senior Distinguished U.S. Scientist Award
  Pierre Meystre, Senior Distinguished U.S. Scientist Award
  Murray Sargent III, Senior Distinguished U.S. Scientist Award
  William H. Wing, Senior Distinguished U.S. Scientist Award
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
  Harrison H. Barrett, IEEE NPSS Medical Imaging Scientist Award
• International Society for Diagnostic Quantitative Histopathology
  Peter H. Bartels, Lifetime Achievement Award
• Kavli Foundation
  J. Roger P. Angel, Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Russell A. Chipman, Tech Brief Award
  Devon Crowe, Achievement Award
  Robert E. Parks, Public Service Award
  John A. Reagan, Distinguished Public Service Award
  James C. Wyant, Achievement Award
• National Institutes of Health
  Peter H. Bartels, Outstanding Investigator Award
• The Optical Society (OSA)
  J. Roger P. Angel, Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burkley Prize
  Harrison H. Barrett, C.E.K. Mees Medal
  Harrison H. Barrett and Kyle Myers, Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award
  Jim H. Burge, Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burkley Prize
  Russell A. Chipman, Joseph Fraunhofer/Robert M. Burkley Prize
  Eustace L. Dereniak, Esther Hoffman Beller Medal
  Peter A. Franken, R.W. Wood Prize
  H. Angus Macleod, Esther Hoffman Beller Medal
  Aden B. Meinel, Adolph Lomb Medal
  Aden B. Meinel, Frederic Ives Medal
  Pierre Meystre, R.W. Wood Prize
  Roland V. Shack, David Richardson Medal
  Arthur Francis Turner, Frederic Ives Medal
  James C. Wyant, Joseph Fraunhofer Award
• Physical Society of London
  Willis E. Lamb Jr., Guthrie Award
• Science Foundation Ireland
  Harrison H. Barrett, E.T.S. Walton Fellowship
• Society of Nuclear Medicine
  Matthew A. Kupinski, Mark Tetalman Award
• SPIE
  Russell A. Chipman, G.G. Stokes Award
  Keith B. Doyle, Technology Achievement Award
  Jack D. Gaskill, Presidents' Award
  H. Angus Macleod, Gold Medal
  Virendra N. Mahajan, A.E. Conrady Award
  Virendra N. Mahajan, Educator Award
  Aden B. Meinel, Gold Medal
  James M. Palmer, Educator Award
  Roland V. Shack, A.E. Conrady Award
  Roland V. Shack, Gold Medal
  Robert R. Shannon, George W. Goddard Award
  Robert R. Shannon, Gold Medal
  William L. Wolfe, Gold Medal
  James C. Wyant, Charles S. Vikram Award
  James C. Wyant, Gold Medal
  James C. Wyant, Governors' Award
  James C. Wyant, Technology Achievement Award
• World Federation of Scientists
  Willis E. Lamb Jr., Gian Carlo Wick Gold Medal
• The University of Arizona
  Eustace L. Dereniak, College Award of Distinction for Undergraduate Teaching
  Michael Descour, Technology Innovation Award
  Charles M. Falco, Leading Edge Researcher Award
  Poul Jessen, College Award of Distinction for Graduate Teaching
  Franko Kueppers, College Award of Distinction for Undergraduate Teaching
  Meredith K. Kupinski, Women in Science and Engineering Mentor Award
  Masud Mansuripur, College Award of Distinction for Graduate Teaching
  Michael Nofziger, College Award of Distinction for Undergraduate Teaching
  Nasser Peyghambarian, Technology Innovation Award
  Ralph M. Richard, Centennial Professor Award
  Peter H. Smith, UA Alumni Achievement Award
  Kurtis Thome, College Award of Distinction for Undergraduate Teaching
  Ewan M. Wright, College Award of Distinction for Graduate Teaching
  James C. Wyant, Technology Innovation Award

Elected to National Academies

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  Aden B. Meinel
• National Academy of Engineering
  Harrison H. Barrett
  Nicolaas Bloembergen
  Kenneth A. Jackson
  Thomas L. Koch
  Kyle J. Myers
  Robert R. Shannon
  Donald R. Uhlmann
  James C. Wyant
• National Academy of Sciences
  J. Roger P. Angel
  Nicolaas Bloembergen
  Roy J. Glauber
  Willis E. Lamb Jr.

Editorships of Major Professional Journals

• Journal of Optical Materials
  Richard C. Powell
• Journal of Applied Optics
  James C. Wyant
• Journal of Applied Optics: Optical Technology
  James C. Wyant
• Journal of the Optical Society of America A
  Harrison H. Barrett
• Optical Engineering
  Jack D. Gaskill
• Physics of Quantum Electronics
  Murray Sargent III

Elected to Society Fellowships

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
  Peter A. Franken
  B. Roy Frieden
  Hyatt M. Gibbs
  Aden B. Meinel
  Pierre Meystre
  Nasser Peyghambarian
• American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers
  Harrison H. Barrett
  Jennifer K. Barton
  Eric W. Clarkson
  Lars R. Furenlid
• American Physical Society
  Harrison H. Barrett
  Nicolaas Bloembergen
  Charles M. Falco
  Peter A. Franken
  Hyatt M. Gibbs
  Marvin D. Girardeau
  Poul Jessen
  Willis E. Lamb Jr.
  Pierre Meystre
  Nasser Peyghambarian
  Richard C. Powell
  Manijeh Razeghi
  Bernhard O. Seraphin
  Arthur Francis Turner
  William H. Wing
• Franklin Institute
  Hyatt M. Gibbs
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  Harrison H. Barrett
  Charles M. Falco
  John A. Reagan
  Richard W. Ziolkowski
• Institute of Physics, London
  H. Angus Macleod
  Arthur Francis Turner
• International Academy of Cytology
  Peter H. Bartels
• OSA
  Harrison H. Barrett
  Rolf Binder
  Jim H. Burge
  Russell A. Chipman
  Katherine Creath
  Devon Crowe
  William J. Dallas
  Eustace L. Dereniak
  Charles M. Falco
  Peter A. Franken
  B. Roy Frieden
  Jack D. Gaskill
  Hyatt M. Gibbs
  John E. Greivenkamp
  Stephen F. Jacobs
  Peter Jansson
  Galina Khitrova
  Raymond K. Kostuk
  H. Angus Macleod
  Masud Mansuripur
  Aden B. Meinel
  Pierre Meystre
  Tom D. Milster
  Robert A. Norwood
  Mark A. Neifeld
  Nasser Peyghambarian
  Richard C. Powell
  José Sasián
  Dror Sarid
  Murray Sargent III
  Roland V. Shack
  Robert R. Shannon
  Richard L. Shoemaker
  Glenn T. Sincerbox
  Philip N. Slater
  Grover Swartzlander
  Arthur Francis Turner
  William H. Wing
  William L. Wolfe
  James C. Wyant
  Richard W. Ziolkowski
• Optical Society of India
  José Sasián
  James C. Wyant
• Royal Society of Edinburgh
  Willis E. Lamb Jr.
• Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers
  Philip N. Slater
• SPIE
  Jennifer K. Barton
  Stuart F. Biggar
  Jim H. Burge
  James J. Burke
  Russell A. Chipman
  Katherine Creath
  Eustace L. Dereniak
  Michael Descour
  Charles M. Falco
  Peter A. Franken
  B. Roy Frieden
  Jack D. Gaskill
  Douglas S. Goodman
  John E. Greivenkamp
  Ghassan E. Jabbour
  Shibin Jiang
  Raymond Kostuk
  H. Angus Macleod
  Masud Mansuripur
  Aden B. Meinel
  Marjorie Meinel
  Tom D. Milster
  Robert Noble
  Robert A. Norwood
  James M. Palmer
  Robert E. Parks
  Stanley Pau
  Nasser Peyghambarian
  Manijeh Razeghi
  José Sasián
  Roland V. Shack
  Robert R. Shannon
  Philip N. Slater
  Tomasz Tkaczyk
  Daniel Vukobratovich
  William L. Wolfe
  James C. Wyant

Elected to Honorary Memberships

• OSA
  Nicolaas Bloembergen
  Willis E. Lamb Jr.
• Optical Society of Korea
  James C. Wyant

Elected to Professional Society Leadership Positions

• Aerospace and Astronomical Optics Technical Group
  Robert R. Shannon, Chair
• American Astronomical Society
  Aden B. Meinel, Councillor
• American Institute of Physics
  Aden B. Meinel, Board of Governors
• American Physical Society
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, President
  Charles M. Falco, Councillor
• American Physical Society Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
  Pierre Meystre, Chair
• American Physical Society Laser Science Topical Group
  Hyatt M. Gibbs, Chair
  Richard C. Powell, Chair
• American Society for Precision Engineering
  Robert E. Parks, Board of Directors
  Robert E. Parks, President
• IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
  Richard W. Ziolkowski, President
• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
  John A. Reagan, President
• IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society
  Fred S. Hickernell, President
• International Astronomical Union
  Aden B. Meinel, President
• Lens Design Technical Group
  Robert R. Shannon, Chair
• OSA
  Peter A. Franken, Board of Directors
  Peter A. Franken, President
  Hyatt M. Gibbs, Board of Directors
  John E. Greivenkamp, Board of Directors
  H. Angus Macleod, Board of Directors
  Aden B. Meinel, Board of Directors
  Aden B. Meinel, President
  Richard C. Powell, President
  Robert R. Shannon, Board of Directors
  Robert R. Shannon, President
  Richard L. Shoemaker, Board of Directors
  Arthur Francis Turner, Board of Directors
  Arthur Francis Turner, President
  William L. Wolfe, Board of Directors
  James C. Wyant, Board of Directors
  James C. Wyant, President
• OSA Optical Fabrication and Testing Group
  John E. Greivenkamp, Chair
  Robert E. Parks, Chair
• OSA Optical Materials Technical Group
  William L. Wolfe, Chair
• OSA Radiometry Technical Group
  William L. Wolfe, Chair
• Society of Vacuum Coaters
  H. Angus Macleod, Board of Directors
• SPIE
  Russell A. Chipman, Board of Directors
  Katherine Creath, Board of Directors
  Eustace L. Dereniak, Board of Governors
  Eustace L. Dereniak, President-Elect
  Jack D. Gaskill, Board of Governors
  Jack D. Gaskill, President
  John E. Greivenkamp, Board of Directors
  Robert E. Parks, Board of Governors
  Robert R. Shannon, Board of Governors
  Robert R. Shannon, President
  Philip N. Slater, Board of Governors
  Daniel Vukobratovich, Board of Governors
  William L. Wolfe, Board of Governors
  William L. Wolfe, President
  James C. Wyant, Board of Governors
  James C. Wyant, President
• SPIE Technical Council
  Jack D. Gaskill, Chair

Professional Society Life Memberships

• Jack D. Gaskill, SPIE
• Robert R. Shannon, SPIE
• William L. Wolfe, SPIE
• James C. Wyant, Optical Society of India
• James C. Wyant, SPIE

Honorary Degrees

• George H. Atkinson, Ph.D., Eckerd College 2004
• Nicolaas Bloembergen, A.M. Harvard University 1951
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Sc.D., Laval University 1988
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Sc.D., University of Connecticut 1989
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, D.H.L., University of Massachusetts, Lowell 1994
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Sc.D. University of Central Florida 1996
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Sc.D., Moscow State University 1997
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Sc.D. North Carolina State University 1998
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Sc.D. Harvard University 2000
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Ph.D. University of Arizona 2008
• Roy J. Glauber, Ph.D. University of Arizona 2006
• Willis E. Lamb Jr., Sc.D. Columbia University 1990
  Willis E. Lamb Jr., Sc.D. Gustavus Adolphus College 1975
  Willis E. Lamb Jr., D.H.L. Yeshiva University 1965
• Aden B. Meinel, Ph.D. University of Arizona 1990
• Robert R. Shannon, Dr.H.C. (Optics) Centro de Investigaciones en Optica 2005
• James C. Wyant, Dr.H.C. Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica 2008

Named Professorships

• The University of Arizona
  J. Roger P. Angel, Regents' Professor
  Harrison H. Barrett, Regents' Professor
  Charles M. Falco, Chair of Condensed Matter Physics
  Arthur Gmitro, Fenton Maynard Chair in Cancer Imaging
  Willis E. Lamb Jr., Regents' Professor
  Masud Mansuripur, Chair of Optical Data Storage
  Pierre Meystre, Chair of Quantum Optics
  Pierre Meystre, Regents' Professor
  Nasser Peyghambarian, Chair of Photonics and Lasers
  Farhang Shadman, Regents' Professor
  Richard W. Ziolkowski, Litton Industries John M. Leonis Distinguished Professor