Bruce H. Billings | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 6, 1915 |
| Died | October 21, 1992 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Johns Hopkins University |
| Awards | American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1952) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
Bruce Hadley Billings (July 6, 1915 – October 21, 1992[1]) was an American physicist. He was president of the Optical Society of America in 1971.[2] and the Polaroid Corporation's chief physicist between 1941 and 1947.[3]
Billings was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy. He received his bachelor's degree in 1936 and his master's degree in 1937, both from Harvard University.[4] Billings obtained his Ph.D. in 1941 from Johns Hopkins University.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1952.[5]
In the 1950s and 1960s Billings was senior vice president for research at Baird-Atomic, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he contributed to the development of analytical instrumentation for emission spectroscopy, dual-beam, recording infra-red absorption spectrometry, flame photometry, and investigated the potential of circular dichroism as the basis for instrumentation, a technology that Baird-Atomic, Inc. never commercialized.
Billings died in Long Beach, California, aged 77 from pancreatic cancer.[4]
References
- ↑ "Bruce H. Billings". Social Security Death Index. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Past Presidents of the Optical Society of America". Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- 1 2 "Local Section News: Personalia: Dr. Bruce H. Billings" (PDF). Journal of the Optical Society of America. 46: 306. 1956. doi:10.1364/JOSA.46.000306.
- 1 2 "Bruce Billings, optics pioneer, Polaroid's chief physicist; at 77". The Boston Globe. 1992-10-31. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ↑ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 20, 2011.