Abstract

This article originally appeared in the 10 December 1977 issue of Weekend Magazine, published in Toronto. Applied Optics appreciates the permission to reprint here. The Managing Editor is indebted to R. Norman Jones of the National Research Council of Canada for bringing this piece of writing about an Honorary Member of the Optical Society of America to her attention.

© 1978 Optical Society of America

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