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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Anthony Edward Siegman papers
    creator: Siegman, Anthony E.
    Identifier/Call Number: SC1171
    Physical Description: 53.5 Linear Feet
    Date (inclusive): 1916-2014

    Information about Access

    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.

    Ownership & Copyright

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    [identification of item], Anthony Edward Siegman Papers (SC1171). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Scope and Contents

    The materials consist of administrative files, research files, correspondence, and publications.

    Biographical / Historical

    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.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Lasers.
    Masers.
    Electrical engineering -- Study and teaching.
    Siegman, Anthony E.