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Gold Medal of the Society

The Gold Medal of the Society is the highest honor the Society bestows. Beginning in 1977, it has been awarded annually in recognition of outstanding engineering or scientific accomplishments in optics, electro-optics, or photographic technologies or applications. The recipient(s) shall have made an exceptional contribution to the advancement of relevant technology. Honorarium $10,000.

Daniel Malacara Hernández, Centro de Invetigaciones en Optica, A.C. Leon Gto, Mexico, is the 2012 recipient of the Gold Medal Award in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of optics through his research, his books, and the establishment of Institutes in Mexico devoted to teaching and research in optics.

Previous Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Society:


2011 - Harrison Barrett
2010 - Charles H. Townes
2009 - Richard B. Hoover
2008 - M. J. Soileau
2007 - Joseph W. Goodman
2006 - Duncan T. Moore         
2005 - H. John Caulfield
2004 - Roland V. Shack
2003 - James C. Wyant
2002 - Zhores I. Alferov
2001 - Parameswaran Hariharan
2000 - Robert E. Fischer
1999 - William L. Wolfe
1998 - Thomas I. Harris
1997 - Marjorie and Aden Meinel
1996 - Robert R. Shannon
1995 - Georges Nomarski
1994 - Andrei L. Mikaelian
1993 - Alfred H. Sommer
1992 - Charles K. Kao
1991 - William F. Schreiber
1990 - Emmett N. Leith
1989 - Andre Marechal
1988 - Andrew Tescher
1987 - H. Angus Macleod
1986 - Brian J. Thompson
1985 - Warren J. Smith
1984 - Franke Cooke
1983 - Robert E. Hopkins
1982 - Harold H. Hopkins
1981 - Harold E. Edgerton
1980 - Rudolf Kingslake
1979 - Edwin H. Land
1978 - James G. Baker
1977 - John Donovan Strong