Adolph Lomb Medal (2012). For breakthrough contributions on integrated optical nano-biosensor and nanospectroscopy technologies based on nanoplasmonics, nanofluidics, and novel nanofabrication.

• Hatice Altug and Jelena Vučković, "Photonic crystal nanocavity array laser," Opt. Express 13, 8819-8828 (2005)
• Min Huang, Ahmet Ali Yanik, Tsung-Yao Chang, and Hatice Altug, "Sub-wavelength nanofluidics in photonic crystal sensors," Opt. Express 17, 24224-24233 (2009)
• Ronen Adato, Ahmet Ali Yanik, Chih-Hui Wu, Gennady Shvets, and Hatice Altug, "Radiative engineering of plasmon lifetimes in embedded nanoantenna arrays," Opt. Express 18, 4526-4537 (2010)

David Richardson Medal (1990). For her sustained contributions to the studies of optical surfaces that have provided the optics community with a more thorough understanding of optical surface phenomenology and a meticulous methodology for surface characterization.

• Jean M. Bennett, Emile Pelletier, G. Albrand, J. P. Borgogno, B. Lazarides, Charles K. Carniglia, R. A. Schmell, Thomas H. Allen, Trudy Tuttle-Hart, Karl H. Guenther, and Andreas Saxer, "Comparison of the properties of titanium dioxide films prepared by various techniques," Appl. Opt. 28, 3303-3317 (1989)
• J. M. Elson and J. M. Bennett, "Relation between the angular dependence of scattering and the statistical properties of optical surfaces," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69, 31-47 (1979)
• J. M. Elson, J. P. Rahn, and J. M. Bennett, "Relationship of the total integrated scattering from multilayer-coated optics to angle of incidence, polarization, correlation length, and roughness cross-correlation properties," Appl. Opt. 22, 3207-3219 (1983)

Nick Holonyak Jr. Award (2007). For contributions to the control of diode lasers: vertical cavity surface emitting laser arrays, injection locking and slow light.

• Pei-Cheng Ku, Forrest Sedgwick, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, Phedon Palinginis, Tao Li, Hailin Wang, Shu-Wei Chang, and Shun-Lien Chuang, "Slow light in semiconductor quantum wells," Opt. Lett. 29, 2291-2293 (2004)
• Connie J. Chang-Hasnain and Weijian Yang, "High-contrast gratings for integrated optoelectronics," Adv. Opt. Photon. 4, 379-440 (2012)
• Vadim Karagodsky, Forrest G. Sedgwick, and Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, "Theoretical analysis of subwavelength high contrast grating reflectors," Opt. Express 18, 16973-16988 (2010)

Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award (2018). For her outstanding dedication to promoting optics at an international level with very valuable leadership in institutions and scientific societies like ICO (International Commission for Optics), ICTP, OSA, and SIOF.

• Anna Consortini, F. Cochetti, James H. Churnside, and Reginald J. Hill, "Inner-scale effect on irradiance variance measured for weak-to-strong atmospheric scintillation," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 10, 2354-2362 (1993)
• M. Bendinelli, A. Consortini, L. Ronchi, and B. Roy Frieden, "Degrees of freedom, and eigenfunctions, for the noisy image," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64, 1498-1502 (1974)
• A. Consortini, L. Ronchi, and L. Stefanutti, "Investigation of Atmospheric Turbulence by Narrow Laser Beams," Appl. Opt. 9, 2543-2547 (1970)

Adolph Lomb Medal (2016). For revealing nanoscopic optical phenomena in metal optics.

• Jennifer A. Dionne, Ewold Verhagen, Albert Polman, and Harry A. Atwater, "Are negative index materials achievable with surface plasmon waveguides? A case study of three plasmonic geometries," Opt. Express 16, 19001-19017 (2008)
• Hadiseh Alaeian and Jennifer A. Dionne, "Plasmon nanoparticle superlattices as optical-frequency magnetic metamaterials," Opt. Express 20, 15781-15796 (2012)
• Amr A. E. Saleh, Sassan Sheikhoelislami, Steven Gastelum, and Jennifer A. Dionne, "Grating-flanked plasmonic coaxial apertures for efficient fiber optical tweezers," Opt. Express 24, 20593-20603 (2016)

Adolph Lomb Medal (2009). For innovative research combining biophotonics, nanotechnology, and biomedical engineering to produce optical molecular-imaging technologies that are changing the way physicians screen, detect, treat, and monitor cancer in vivo.

• Rebekah Drezek, Andrew Dunn, and Rebekah Richards-Kortum, "Light scattering from cells: finite-difference time-domain simulations and goniometric measurements," Appl. Opt. 38, 3651-3661 (1999)
• Christopher Loo, Leon Hirsch, Min-Ho Lee, Emmanuel Chang, Jennifer West, Naomi Halas, and Rebekah Drezek, "Gold nanoshell bioconjugates for molecular imaging in living cells," Opt. Lett. 30, 1012-1014 (2005)
• Konstantin Sokolov, Rebekah Drezek, Kirk Gossage, and Rebecca Richards-Kortum, "Reflectance spectroscopy with polarized light: is it sensitive to cellular and nuclear morphology," Opt. Express 5, 302-317 (1999)

Edwin H. Land Medal (2018). For contributions to the fields of ophthalmic instrumentation and vision science with innovative imaging technologies, state-of-the-art psychophysical research and entrepreneurial ventures.

• Stephen A. Burns, Remy Tumbar, Ann E. Elsner, Daniel Ferguson, and Daniel X. Hammer, "Large-field-of-view, modular, stabilized, adaptive-optics-based scanning laser ophthalmoscope," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24, 1313-1326 (2007)
• Stephen A. Burns, Shuang Wu, Francois Delori, and Ann E. Elsner, "Direct measurement of human-cone-photoreceptor alignment," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 12, 2329-2338 (1995)
• Ann E. Elsner, Stephen A. Burns, George W. Hughes, and Robert H. Webb, "Reflectometry with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope," Appl. Opt. 31, 3697-3710 (1992)

Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design Innovator Award (2018). For interlinking aspects of optical design, tolerancing, metrology and manufacturing for aspherics to enable their usage as reasonable choice in optical systems.

• Elodie Wikszak, Jens Thomas, Jonas Burghoff, Bülend Ortaç, Jens Limpert, Stefan Nolte, Ulrike Fuchs, and Andreas Tünnermann, "Erbium fiber laser based on intracore femtosecond-written fiber Bragg grating," Opt. Lett. 31, 2390-2392 (2006)
• Pamela Bowlan, Ulrike Fuchs, Rick Trebino, and Uwe D. Zeitner, "Measuring the spatiotemporal electric field of tightly focused ultrashort pulses with sub-micron spatial resolution.," Opt. Express 16, 13663-13675 (2008)
• Ulrike Fuchs, Uwe D. Zeitner, and Andreas Tünnermann, "Ultra-short pulse propagation in complex optical systems," Opt. Express 13, 3852-3861 (2005)

Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award (2000). For the development of high-performance integrated multiple-quantum-well electro-absorption modulated distributed-feedback lasers, and associated epitaxial growth, fabrication, and characterization methodologies for high reproducible manufacture.

• L. J. P. Ketelsen, J. E. Johnson, D. J. Muehlner, M. Dautartas, J. V. Gates, M. A. Cappuzzo, J. M. Geary, J. A. Grenko, J. M. Vandenberg, S. K. Sputz, M. W. Focht, E. J. Laskowski, L. T. Gomez, K. G. Glogovsky, C. L. Reynolds, S. N. G. Chu, W. A. Gault, M. S. Hybertsen, and J. L. Zilko, "Electro-Absorption Modulated 1.55 μm Wavelength Selectable DFB Array using Hybrid Integration," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication, OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Publishing Group, 1999), paper PD40.
• L. J. P. Ketelsen, J. A. Grenko, S. K. Sputz, E. D. Isaacs, J. M. Vandenberg, J. E. Johnson, S. N. G. Chu, M. S. Hybertsen, K. Evans-Lutterodt, D. C. Sutryn, M. Geva, R. W. Glew, C. J. Pinzone, L. S. Cheng, W. A. Asous, P. Parayanthal, R. People, M. A. Alam, and R. L. Hartman, "Wavelength stability, performance, and future trends for electroabsorption-modulated sources," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, D. Scifres and A. Weiner, eds., (Optical Publishing Group, 1998), paper CWC3.

R. W. Wood Prize (2015). By introducing nanoparticles with tunable optical resonances and the concept of Plasmon Hybridization to explain their properties, Halas and Nordlander have revolutionized our understanding of optical properties of metallic nanostructures.

• Richard D. Averitt, Sarah L. Westcott, and Naomi J. Halas, "Linear optical properties of gold nanoshells," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 1824-1832 (1999)
• Christopher Loo, Leon Hirsch, Min-Ho Lee, Emmanuel Chang, Jennifer West, Naomi Halas, and Rebekah Drezek, "Gold nanoshell bioconjugates for molecular imaging in living cells," Opt. Lett. 30, 1012-1014 (2005)
• Mark W. Knight, Jonathan Fan, Federico Capasso, and Naomi J. Halas, "Influence of excitation and collection geometry on the dark field spectra of individual plasmonic nanostructures," Opt. Express 18, 2579-2587 (2010)

Archie Mahan Prize (2000). With Lillian C. McDermott, for the relevance of her article to the important dialogue concerning science education, and the accessibility to a general readership through use of clear, well-illustrated examples.

• Paula R. L. Heron and Lillian C. McDermott, "Bridging the Gap Between Teaching and Learning in Geometrical Optics: The Role of Research," Optics & Photonics News 9(9), 30-36 (1998)

Adolph Lomb Medal (2011). For pioneering developments in biomedical optics, including laminar optical tomography and dynamic contrast enhanced molecular imaging.

• Alper Corlu, Regine Choe, Turgut Durduran, Kijoon Lee, Martin Schweiger, Simon R. Arridge, Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, and Arjun G. Yodh, "Diffuse optical tomography with spectral constraints and wavelength optimization," Appl. Opt. 44, 2082-2093 (2005)
• Alper Corlu, Turgut Durduran, Regine Choe, Martin Schweiger, Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, Simon R. Arridge, and Arjun G. Yodh, "Uniqueness and wavelength optimization in continuous-wave multispectral diffuse optical tomography," Opt. Lett. 28, 2339-2341 (2003)
• Matthew B. Bouchard, Brenda R. Chen, Sean A. Burgess, and Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, "Ultra-fast multispectral optical imaging of cortical oxygenation, blood flow, and intracellular calcium dynamics," Opt. Express 17, 15670-15678 (2009)

Archie Mahan Prize (2004). Together with David R. Williams, for revealing the wide array of remarkable ways that eyes auto calibrate, through clearly explained, illustrated examples that include tests that readers can perform with their own eyes in their article "The Eye's Mechanisms for Autocalibration".

• Heidi Hofer, Pablo Artal, Ben Singer, Juan Luis Aragón, and David R. Williams, "Dynamics of the eye’s wave aberration," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 497-506 (2001)
• H. Hofer, L. Chen, G. Y. Yoon, B. Singer, Y. Yamauchi, and D. R. Williams, "Improvement in retinal image quality with dynamic correction of the eye’s aberrations," Opt. Express 8, 631-643 (2001)
• Heidi Hofer and David R. Williams, "The Eye's Mechanisms for Autocalibration," Optics & Photonics News 13(1), 34-39 (2002)

Esther Hoffman Beller Medal (2004). For innovative teaching methods and involving undergraduate physics and engineering students in original, state-of-the-art, publishable research in optics and solid state physics.

• Peter M. Mayer, Dietrich Lüerßen, Rajeev J. Ram, and Janice A. Hudgings, "Theoretical and experimental investigation of the thermal resolution and dynamic range of CCD-based thermoreflectance imaging," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24, 1156-1163 (2007)
• E. Kapusta, D. Lüerfien, and J. Hudgings, "Using Thermal Profiling to Quantify Optical Feedback into Semiconductor Lasers," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Publishing Group, 2005), paper JTuC78.
• K. Al-hemyari, S. Yan, J. Summers, and J. Hudgings, "Spatially Resolved Thermal Analysis of High Power LEDs Using Thermoreflectance Imaging," in CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Publishing Group, 2011), paper AWA3.

Ellis R. Lippincott Award (1989). For seminal contributions in matrix-isolation spectroscopy research.

• Marilyn E. Jacox and Dolphus E. Milligan, "Low-Temperature Infrared Studies of the Chemistry of Free Radicals," Appl. Opt. 3, 873-876 (1964)

Edgar D. Tillyer Award (1982). In recognition of their contibutions to our understanding of visual processes.

• Leo M. Hurvich and Dorothea Jameson, "Some Quantitative Aspects of an Opponent-Colors Theory. II. Brightness, Saturation, and Hue in Normal and Dichromatic Vision," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 45, 602-616 (1955)
• Dorothea Jameson and Leo M. Hurvich, "Some Quantitative Aspects of an Opponent-Colors Theory. I. Chromatic Responses and Spectral Saturation," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 45, 546-552 (1955)
• Dorothea Jameson and Leo M. Hurvich, "Perceived Color and its Dependence on Focal, Surrounding, and Preceding Stimulus Variables*," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 49, 890-898 (1959)

Edwin H. Land Medal (2011). For her visionary entrepreneurial and technical leadership of the One Laptop Per Child program to develop a rugged, low-cost educational computer for developing countries.

• Mary Lou Jepsen and Hendrik J. Gerritsen, "Liquid-crystal-filled gratings with high diffraction efficiency," Opt. Lett. 21, 1081-1083 (1996)
• Hendrik J. Gerritsen and Mary Lou Jepsen, "Rectangular surface-relief transmission gratings with a very large first-order diffraction efficiency (∼95%) for unpolarized light," Appl. Opt. 37, 5823-5829 (1998)

Charles Hard Townes Award (2015). For seminal contributions in the fields of octave-spanning lasers, frequency comb technology, and high repetition-rate ultrafast semiconductor disc lasers.

Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize (2008). For seminal contributions to the development and application of ultrafast lasers and notably pioneering work on semiconductor saturable absorber mode-locking.

• C. Hönninger, R. Paschotta, F. Morier-Genoud, M. Moser, and U. Keller, "Q-switching stability limits of continuous-wave passive mode locking," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 46-56 (1999)
• U. Keller, D. A. B. Miller, G. D. Boyd, T. H. Chiu, J. F. Ferguson, and M. T. Asom, "Solid-state low-loss intracavity saturable absorber for Nd:YLF lasers: an antiresonant semiconductor Fabry–Perot saturable absorber," Opt. Lett. 17, 505-507 (1992)
• D. H. Sutter, G. Steinmeyer, L. Gallmann, N. Matuschek, F. Morier-Genoud, U. Keller, V. Scheuer, G. Angelow, and T. Tschudi, "Semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror–assisted Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser producing pulses in the two-cycle regime," Opt. Lett. 24, 631-633 (1999)

R. W. Wood Prize (2017). For pioneering research contributions in silicon photonics.

• Vilson R. Almeida, Qianfan Xu, Carlos A. Barrios, and Michal Lipson, "Guiding and confining light in void nanostructure," Opt. Lett. 29, 1209-1211 (2004)
• Vilson R. Almeida, Roberto R. Panepucci, and Michal Lipson, "Nanotaper for compact mode conversion," Opt. Lett. 28, 1302-1304 (2003)
• Qianfan Xu, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Brad Schmidt, Jagat Shakya, and Michal Lipson, "12.5 Gbit/s carrier-injection-based silicon micro-ring silicon modulators," Opt. Express 15, 430-436 (2007)

Adolph Lomb Medal (2019). For seminal contributions to nano-optics, three-dimensional optical metamaterials, as well as interdisciplinary scientific work regarding the development of DNA nanotechnology-based dynamic plasmonics.

• Hongcang Guo, Todd P. Meyrath, Thomas Zentgraf, Na Liu, Liwei Fu, Heinz Schweizer, and Harald Giessen, "Optical resonances of bowtie slot antennas and their geometry and material dependence," Opt. Express 16, 7756-7766 (2008)
• Hongcang Guo, Na Liu, Liwei Fu, Todd P. Meyrath, Thomas Zentgraf, Heinz Schweizer, and Harald Giessen, "Resonance hybridization in double split-ring resonator metamaterials," Opt. Express 15, 12095-12101 (2007)
• Na Liu and Harald Giessen, "Three-dimensional optical metamaterials as model systems for longitudinal and transverse magnetic coupling," Opt. Express 16, 21233-21238 (2008)

Adolph Lomb Medal (2002). For her contributions to our knowledge of the optics of the eye and the interactions of light with the retina.

• Ireneusz Grulkowski, Michalina Gora, Maciej Szkulmowski, Iwona Gorczynska, Daniel Szlag, Susana Marcos, Andrzej Kowalczyk, and Maciej Wojtkowski, "Anterior segment imaging with Spectral OCT system using a high-speed CMOS camera," Opt. Express 17, 4842-4858 (2009)
• Pablo Artal, Susana Marcos, Rafael Navarro, and David R. Williams, "Odd aberrations and double-pass measurements of retinal image quality," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 12, 195-201 (1995)
• J. C. He, S. Marcos, R. H. Webb, and S. A. Burns, "Measurement of the wave-front aberration of the eye by a fast psychophysical procedure," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15, 2449-2456 (1998)

Archie Mahan Prize (2000). With Paula R. L. Heron, for the relevance of her article to the important dialogue concerning science education, and the accessibility to a general readership through use of clear, well-illustrated examples.

• Paula R. L. Heron and Lillian C. McDermott, "Bridging the Gap Between Teaching and Learning in Geometrical Optics: The Role of Research," Optics & Photonics News 9(9), 30-36 (1998)

Edgar D. Tillyer Award (2014). For contributions to fundamental understanding of visual motion and of normal and abnormal human stereo vision, revealing the limits and character of brain mechanisms responsible for the perception of depth.

• Gerald Westheimer and Suzanne P. McKee, "Visual acuity in the presence of retinal-image motion*," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 65, 847-850 (1975)
• Gerald Westheimer, Keiko Shimamura, and Suzanne P. McKee, "Interference with line-orientation sensitivity*," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 66, 332-338 (1976)
• Gerald Westheimer and Suzanne P. McKee, "Stereoscopic acuity with defocused and spatially filtered retinal images," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 70, 772-778 (1980)

Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize (2017). For pioneering and sustained contributions to ultrafast science ranging from femtosecond lasers to soft x-ray high-harmonic generation to attosecond studies of atoms, molecules and surfaces.

R. W. Wood Prize (2010). For critical advances in the science and technology of high harmonics generation, with particular relevance to sub-femtosecond pulse generation and related attosecond-scale physics.

• Melanie T. Asaki, Chung-Po Huang, Dennis Garvey, Jianping Zhou, Henry C. Kapteyn, and Margaret M. Murnane, "Generation of 11-fs pulses from a self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser," Opt. Lett. 18, 977-979 (1993)
• Giedrius Andriukaitis, Tadas Balčiūnas, Skirmantas Ališauskas, Audrius Pugžlys, Andrius Baltuška, Tenio Popmintchev, Ming-Chang Chen, Margaret M. Murnane, and Henry C. Kapteyn, "90 GW peak power few-cycle mid-infrared pulses from an optical parametric amplifier," Opt. Lett. 36, 2755-2757 (2011)
• Erik Zeek, Kira Maginnis, Sterling Backus, Ulrich Russek, Margaret Murnane, Gérard Mourou, Henry Kapteyn, and Gleb Vdovin, "Pulse compression by use of deformable mirrors," Opt. Lett. 24, 493-495 (1999)

Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award (2006). For publication of Foundations of Image Science, co-authored with Harrison H. Barrett.

• Kyle J. Myers and Harrison H. Barrett, "Addition of a channel mechanism to the ideal-observer model," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4, 2447-2457 (1987)
• Harrison H. Barrett, J. L. Denny, Robert F. Wagner, and Kyle J. Myers, "Objective assessment of image quality. II. Fisher information, Fourier crosstalk, and figures of merit for task performance," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 12, 834-852 (1995)
• K. J. Myers, H. H. Barrett, M. C. Borgstrom, D. D. Patton, and G. W. Seeley, "Effect of noise correlation on detectability of disk signals in medical imaging," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 2, 1752-1759 (1985)

Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award (2002). In recognition of her pioneering status as the first Hispanic woman astronaut, her unstinting efforts to serve as a positive role model for women in general, and Hispanic women in particular, and her generous contributions of time to the optics community.

• David F. Edwards and Ellen Ochoa, "Infrared refractive index of silicon," Appl. Opt. 19, 4130-4131 (1980)
• Ellen Ochoa, Frederick Vachss, and Lambertus Hesselink, "Higher-order analysis of the photorefractive effect for large modulation depths," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 3, 181-187 (1986)
• David F. Edwards and Ellen Ochoa, "Infrared refractive index of diamond," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 71, 607-608 (1981)

Adolph Lomb Medal (2001). For developments making the new absorption technique of cavity ringdown spectroscopy an ultrasensitive absolute method for trace analysis of gas-phase species.

• B. A. Paldus, T. G. Spence, R. N. Zare, J. Oomens, F. J. M. Harren, D. H. Parker, C. Gmachl, F. Cappasso, D. L. Sivco, J. N. Baillargeon, A. L. Hutchinson, and A. Y. Cho, "Photoacoustic spectroscopy using quantum-cascade lasers," Opt. Lett. 24, 178-180 (1999)
• B. A. Paldus, C. C. Harb, T. G. Spence, R. N. Zare, C. Gmachl, F. Capasso, D. L. Sivco, J. N. Baillargeon, A. L. Hutchinson, and A. Y. Cho, "Cavity ringdown spectroscopy using mid-infrared quantum-cascade lasers," Opt. Lett. 25, 666-668 (2000)
• Edward H. Wahl, Sze M. Tan, Sergei Koulikov, Boris Kharlamov, Christopher R. Rella, Eric R. Crosson, Dave Biswell, and Barbara A. Paldus, "Ultra-sensitive ethylene post-harvest monitor based on cavity ring-down spectroscopy," Opt. Express 14, 1673-1684 (2006)

Allen Prize (2003). For measurements in atmospheric temperatures above the North and South Poles using a novel lidar system.

• Xinzhao Chu, Weilin Pan, George C. Papen, Chester S. Gardner, and Jerry A. Gelbwachs, "Fe Boltzmann temperature lidar: design, error analysis, and initial results at the North and South Poles," Appl. Opt. 41, 4400-4410 (2002)

Edgar D. Tillyer Award (1990). For contributions to basic and applied vision research, particularly in the areas of cone fundamentals, defective color vision, and flicker.

• Barry B. Lee, Joel Pokorny, Vivianne C. Smith, Paul R. Martin, and Arne Valbergt, "Luminance and chromatic modulation sensitivity of macaque ganglion cells and human observers," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7, 2223-2236 (1990)
• Joel Pokorny, Vivianne C. Smith, and Margaret Lutze, "Aging of the human lens," Appl. Opt. 26, 1437-1440 (1987)
• William H. Swanson, Takehiro Ueno, Vivianne C. Smith, and Joel Pokorny, "Temporal modulation sensitivity and pulse-detection thresholds for chromatic and luminance perturbations," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4, 1992-2005 (1987)

Edgar D. Tillyer Award (1959). For accomplishments and scientific standing in the field of visual physiology.

• LeGrand H. Hardy, Gertrude Rand, and M. Catherine Rittler, "H–R–R Polychromatic Plates*," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 44, 509-523 (1954)
• LeGrand H. Hardy, Gertrude Rand, and M. Catherine Rittler, "Tests for the Detection and Analysis of Color-Blindness. I. The Ishihara Test: An Evaluation," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 35, 268-275 (1945)
• LeGrand H. Hardy, Gertrude Rand, and M. Catherine Rittler, "A Screening Test for Defective Red-Green Vision*," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 36, 610-614 (1946)

Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award (2014). For exceptional contributions to advancing the applications of optics in disease diagnosis and inspiring work in disseminating low-cost health technologies to the developing world.

• Rebekah Drezek, Andrew Dunn, and Rebekah Richards-Kortum, "Light scattering from cells: finite-difference time-domain simulations and goniometric measurements," Appl. Opt. 38, 3651-3661 (1999)
• Marleen Keijzer, Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Steven L. Jacques, and Michael S. Feld, "Fluorescence spectroscopy of turbid media: Autofluorescence of the human aorta," Appl. Opt. 28, 4286-4292 (1989)
• Konstantin Sokolov, Rebekah Drezek, Kirk Gossage, and Rebecca Richards-Kortum, "Reflectance spectroscopy with polarized light: is it sensitive to cellular and nuclear morphology," Opt. Express 5, 302-317 (1999)

David Richardson Medal (2014). For visionary contributions and leadership in optical design and engineering, enabling noninvasive, optical biopsy.

• J. P. Rolland and H. H. Barrett, "Effect of random background inhomogeneity on observer detection performance," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 9, 649-658 (1992)
• Florian R. Fournier, William J. Cassarly, and Jannick P. Rolland, "Fast freeform reflector generation using source-target maps," Opt. Express 18, 5295-5304 (2010)
• Kye-Sung Lee and Jannick P. Rolland, "Bessel beam spectral-domain high-resolution optical coherence tomography with micro-optic axicon providing extended focusing range," Opt. Lett. 33, 1696-1698 (2008)

William F. Meggers Award (1972). For seminal contributions to atomic spectroscopy, including extensive studies of the Sun, and tables of atomic spectra and energy levels.

• U. Feldman, C. M. Brown, G. A. Doschek, C. E. Moore, and F. D. Rosenberg, "XUV spectrum of Ci observed from Skylab during a solar flare," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 66, 853-859 (1976)
• Charlotte E. Moore, "The Atomic Spectra of the Rare Earths: Their Presence in the Sun," Appl. Opt. 2, 665-674 (1963)

William F. Meggers Award (1971). For her many distinguished accomplishments in the field of vision.

• Louise L. Sloan, "Congenital Achromatopsia: A Report of 19 Cases*," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 44, 117-128 (1954)
• Louise L. Sloan and Adelaide Habel, "Color Signal Systems for the Red-Green Color Blind.* An Experimental Test of the Three-Color Signal System Proposed by Judd," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 45, 592-598 (1955)