Description
The materials consist of administrative files, research files, correspondence, and publications.
Background
Anthony Siegman was an electrical engineer, primarily focused on masers and lasers. Siegman earned an AB from Harvard in 1952,
the MS in Applied Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1954, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
from Stanford University in 1957. Siegman became an assistant professor at Stanford in Electrical Engineering in 1957. In
1964 he was promoted to full professor, and retired from his Stanford position as the Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry Professor
of Engineering in November 1998. He was president of the Optical Society of America in 1999 and was awarded the Esther Hoffman
Beller Medal in 2009.
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Availability
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.