Emmett Leith
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)American electrical engineering professor
Emmett Norman Leith (March 12, 1927 in
Detroit, Michigan – December 23, 2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and, with Juris Upatnieks of the University of Michigan, the co-inventor of three-dimensional holography
.
Leith received his B.S. in
synthetic aperture radar (SAR) performed while a member of the Radar Laboratory of the University of Michigan's Willow Run Laboratory beginning in 1952. Leith joined the University of Michigan as a research assistant and was promoted to graduate research assistant in 1955, research associate in 1956, research engineer in 1960, associate professor in 1965, and full professor in 1968.[1]
Professor Leith and his coworker Juris Upatnieks at the
Optical Society of America
in 1964.
Honors and awards
He received the 1960
OSA
.
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-857122-3. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- Schwartz, John. "Emmett Leith, 78, a Pioneer in the Development of Holography, Dies", The New York Times. January 6, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2006.
- Emmett N. Leith Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.
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