The Directors' Award, a service award certificate, may be given to an individual who, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, has rendered a significant service of outstanding benefit to the Society.
The 2011 Directors' Award is presented to to Robert P. Breault, in recognition of his many years of exceptional leadership, dedication, and generous commitment of time, support, and inspiration to SPIE and the optics community.
Previous Recipients of the Directors' Award
2010 - Malgorzata Kujawinska 2009 - Bruce J. Tromberg 2008 - James Harrington 2007 - Paul R. Yoder, Jr. 2005 - Maria J. Yzuel 2004 - Donald C. O'Shea 2003 - Jack D. Gaskill 2002 - Arthur H. Guenther 2001 - Paul Schenker 2000 - Abraham Katzir 1999 - M. J. Soileau 1998 - Brian J. Thompson 1996 - Paul R. Yoder 1992 - Warren J. Smith 1987 - Roger H. Schneider 1984 - Henry John Caulfield 1981 - Irving J. Spiro 1980 - Clyde W. Tombaugh 1979 - James C. Wyant, Andrew G. Tescher, and Theodore T. Saito 1978 - Edward L. Caplan (posthumous) 1977 - Yale H. Katz 1970 - J. E. Durrenberger 1969 - Revere G. Sanders 1968 - Clyde T. Holliday 1967 - John Kiel 1966 - Carl N. Brewster 1965 - Eugene B. Turner and Edward E. Rich 1964 - Robert L. Woltz 1963 - Herman C. Schepler
